Buying A Home ? Rain, Sun, and Weather Issues

When buying a home, it can be easy to overlook year-around weather issues. You may think you are purchasing a home in a sunny area, but come to find there is always a heavy cloud cover. This is just one of a number of weather issues to consider when selecting your dream home.

Clouds?Rain?Floods

If you must have a sun deck as part of your new home, you better make sure it is going to be sunny! Just because a general geographic area has a lot of sun doesn?t mean your home will. Things to look for include fog and heavy cloud cover for a home in a valley. If the home is located on the side of a hill or valley, make sure you know when it will get sun and shade. Temperatures can be radically different depending upon the amount of sun you get.

When it rains, it really pours! One potential nasty surprise for new homeowners can be the condition of a neighborhood after it rains. In San Diego, for instance, the total rainfall averages roughly 12 inches a year. Despite this low total, there are certain beach communities that grind to a halt because of flooding issues. Even an inch of rain can flood streets to the point that you can?t drive at all. Make sure you stop by a gas station or local store to ask about flooding problems in the area.

I have been known to enjoy a good boating trip and perhaps you have as well. I am pretty sure neither of us would enjoy it in our house. Still, millions of people a year buy homes in flood plains without even knowing it. Eventually, this can lead to a disaster when heavy rains come and you find out the reason they call it a flood plain.

Unlike streets with bad drainage, floods are much more damaging. When a river overflows, flood levels are typically measured in feet. Can you image the effect on your home of a flood that reaches five feet in depth? Well, you probably always wanted to renovate the first floor of your home.

Mother nature has a way of doing whatever she wants. Make sure you avoid her grumpy spells by looking into the effect of weather on your prospective dream home.

Posted by Jerrie Lusk on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Latitude: 33.953353 -- Longitude: -84.540614

ZIP Codes for Marietta, Georgia	30006 30007 30008 30060 30061 30062 30063 30064 30065 30066 30067 30068 30069 30090
Area Code for Marietta, Georgia	770
Time zone for Marietta, Georgia	EST

Other Area Cities: Atlanta, GA Douglasville, GA Marietta, GA Acworth, GA Austell, GA Kennesaw, GA Lithia Springs, GA Mableton, GA Powder Springs, GA Smyrna, GA Woodstock, GA Roswell, GA Sandy Springs, GA Fair Oaks, GA East Marietta, GA

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Marietta is located in Cobb County, about 15 miles Northwest of Atlanta and is just south of the North Georgia mountains. It was founded in 1834 and today it is a thriving, charming city with old world charm but modern amenities. It has a beautiful downtown square with antique shops and elegant boutiques, restaurants, with Glover Park the center of fun. Marietta has a first-class education system which provides an atmosphere of learning for all citizens at all levels of education, including vocational schools and colleges. From Civil War battlefields to museums and amusement parks, Marietta is host to a number of attractions geared to a wide variety of interests. Most of these attractions are open year-round, many at no charge. One not to be missed is the “Marietta Gone With The Wind Museum: Scarlett on the Square”. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Georgia 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Marietta	Georgia	United States
Population	58,748	8,186,453	281,421,906
Median age	30	33.4	35.3
Median age for Male	29	32.1	34
Median age for Female	31.2	34.6	36.5
Households	23,895	3,006,369	105,480,101
Household population	57,187	7,952,631	273,643,273
Average household size	2.39	2.65	2.59
Families	13,020	2,111,647	71,787,347
Average family size	3.05	3.14	3.14
Housing units	25,227	3,281,737	115,904,641
Occupied units	23,895	3,006,369	105,480,101
Vacant units	1,332	275,368	10,424,540

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Buying A Home ? Rain, Sun, and Weather Issues

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Latitude: 33.953353 -- Longitude: -84.540614

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