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I have been looking for a house to buy in SF for the last 6 months. What's been very interesting is that most of the houses we have reviewed, did not have solid
by openmosix 9y ago
I have been looking for a house to buy in SF for the last 6 months. What's been very interesting is that most of the houses we have reviewed, did not have solid foundations (many being 2-unit condos). They are all located in liquefaction zones and the disclosure packages mentioned the foundations had cracks (or needed retrofitting). Still, buyers did not care and bid huge amount of money. Our estate agent told us the average buyer does not take that into consideration nor care to retrofit the foundation. Scary.
- brianwawok 9y agoWhat is retrofitting? News to me from the Midwest.
- amorphid 9y agoIn this case, it means increasing a structure's ability to survive an earthquake.