Posted on 12/20/2024 7:30:42 AM PST by george76
Water flowing underneath can hollow out the land above. It’s a different kind of erosion.
I get the point of owning a house - basically NO ONE has the right to go into your house with your permission (unless it’s the police with a warrant or the case of real emergency, like a fire).
But with a condo, you have hand over your keys to the property manager, so they can enter ‘in an emergency. Pretty much the same for an apartment, except in an apartment, if the building is about to collapse or need major repairs (or if insurance, property taxes, or association fees skyrocket), you have the option to move out of an apartment without financial loss, rather than being stuck with a worthless condo that no one will buy, as now happening in Florida.
So what’s the big deal with condos? Low interest rates? LOL.
“up to several tens of centimeters” of settlement
BTTT
IIRC, the bedrock in Miami is primarily limestone (Miami Oolite), a porous rock formed from reefs and marine sediments. And the limestone under the barrier islands is more porous than that of the mainland, increasing possible problems from groundwater flow, saltwater intrusion, etc., making it less stable for high-rise foundations.
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
To be dramatic, they could express the settlement in millimeters.
“And if one insists on using the oh-so-superior metric system, why not say ‘several decimeters’ of settlement?”
Centimeters, the more common term, is used.
On June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:22 a.m. EDT,[a] Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, United States, partially collapsed, causing the deaths of 98 people.
I can only speak on my observation as I do live in the area. The majority of these condos are 2nd and 3rd homes. At certain times of the year, some structures will be nearly 90% shuttered. The restrictions that come with them become a positive when you only live there part time.
Ummmmm, we use inches in the United States - guess 'several tens of centimeters' sounds like a bigger number than 'a little under three inches'.
‘Cause writer is a pretentious TWOT and writing for the EU.
A house built on sand .....
Are we sure it’s not caused by climate change? </sarc>
You WANT your property manager to have a key - for too many reasons to list.
One being to save your property/belongings if you’re not around when something bad happens.
So why are they building skyscrapers on sand in Florida?
Couldn’t see that one coming, could we?
GMTA
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