What would be better?

[Kevin Kong]

Hi I was wondering what would be the best way to prevent a house from flooding other than not buying a house in the flood zone.  There is a house in the north suburbs of Chicago in a amazing school district, but its in a flood zone 6/10.  From what i see they redid the house and it flooded about 17 inches on the house.  They cut out the dry wall and everything but from where i saw the mark on the walls it looks like 15-24 inches.  The house is on a concrete slab with no basement.  I was wondering if it would be better to pour cement to raise the entire living area of the house 15-24 inches a reasonable thing to do?  I figured if this was the worst flood they saw and it rose that much building a extra 15-24 inches of concrete wouldn't be too bad.  I was also thinking of putting the house on stilts but that looks to be super costly.  Also if i raised the floor i would also raise the roof.  All the windows and everything looks new still so i would be reusing those as well.  Im planning on buying this house fix it up and refinance it and BRRRRR my way to a early retirement.  Thanks for all the help

[Kevin Kong]

Originally posted by @Marcus Auerbach:

Stay away. Flood insurance is bound to go up in cost. If you have higher ground on the lot you can move the house, but probably not worth the expense.

Thanks for the reply!  Yea after reading some more posts and getting some feedback it seems like it may not be worth it.  Thanks for your help!