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Want a house, not a swamp!

  • 02-07-2012 11:14PM
    #1
    spida
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Can anybody advise on ways to check if a property is liable to flooding before I go buying a house in a swamp!
    Here's what I have so far, please suggest others:
    1. Ask the neighbours.
    2. Google, and search the Irish Times, Independent, etc. for mentions of the address.
    3. look at the house, sheds, garden fences, walls, etc. for signs of high-water marks.

    How do I find out what rivers run nearby (small streams, piped streams, etc.)? Any good websites or maps online?
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  • #2
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    http://www.floodmaps.ie/

    Not exhaustive though.


  • #3
    spida
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭spida


    Perfect, just the information I'm looking for. Thanks.


  • #4
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,121 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Good idea is to ring a couple of insurance companies for quotes for the house in question, they will usually refuse a quote for an area prone to flooding.


  • #5
    Doop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭Doop


    on top of flood maps have a look at the epa site

    http://gis.epa.ie/


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