I am looking at making an offer on a house with a crawl space.  It is on a very flat lot and has a problem with water standing around the foundation, and under the house.  It was built in the 1960's and apparently the...

Hi all - I was about to close on a single family home on a canal and days before closing I found out from the surveyor that there is a 12’ drainage easement on the land. It runs under the driveway, under the house (st...

I read that scuppers are easier to maintain and are a cheaper way to drain flat roofs versus gutters or interior drains.  Would like input from anyone else who knows or have experience with flat roofs, pls.

I was close to putting an offer on a property, but I just came across a Foundation Inspection Report. It is directed towards a bank, so I'm wondering 1) why it was required by a bank in the first place?Anyways, these ...

Hello,I am thinking about renovating/bringing up-to code the basement unit in a triplex in East Bay, CA.There is a sump pump inside the unit that turns on and pumps out water when the sump hole fills up. I am assuming...

Hello allI'm looking at a property that has about 2 inches of standing water in the basement. It looks like it was caused by a grading issue that cannot be easily fixed. There is a garage entry to the basement that is...

After YEARS of looking for a "deal" we finally took the plunge and bought a SF house off of Roofstock, which comes with tenants and its own set of other problems.  One of them being no chance to step inside or really ...

I'm having a drainage issue at one of my rentals.  If they get a heavy rain, one side of the yard is holding water up against the house, and it's seeping inside the home.Last year the PM installed an outdoor sump pump...

Legal question: if property A is uphill from property B, and Property A has a culvert type of system that feeds into a pipe and dumps storm runoff into property B and that runoff is causing erosion issues for property...

Any experiance with this? Tenant cannot use rest rooms until the drainage is fixed. Any recommendation for a good plumber? What does it cost?