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 Lila Barnhardt on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Local Information for Charlotte, NC

Latitude: 35.207193 -- Longitude: -80.829224

ZIP Codes for Charlotte, North Carolina	28201 28202 28203 28204 28205 28206 28207 28208 28209 28210 28211 28212 28213 28214 28215 28216 28217 28218 28219 28220 28221 28222 28223 28224 28226 28227 28228 28229 28230 28231 28232 28233 28234 28235 28236 28237 28241 28242 28243 28244 28246 28247 28250 28253 28254 28255 28256 28258 28260 28262 28265 28266 28269 28270 28271 28272 28273 28274 28275 28277 28278 28280 28281 28282 28284 28285 28287 28288 28289 28290 28296 28297 28299
Area Code for Charlotte, North Carolina	704
Time zone for Charlotte, North Carolina	EST

Other Area Cities: Charlotte, NC Gastonia, NC Concord, NC Belmont, NC Huntersville, NC Mint Hill, NC Matthews, NC Mount Holly, NC Pineville, NC

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Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina and the 20th largest in the United States, with a population of approximately 610,949 (2005 estimate). The Charlotte metropolitan area (MSA) had a 2006 estimated population of 1,594,799. As of 2005, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord had a combined statistical area (CSA) population of 2,120,745. The city is at the center of one of the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the United States, with an average influx of roughly 20,000 newcomers each year over the past decade. Charlotte is the county seat of Mecklenburg CountyGR6, and is located in south-central North Carolina, near the South Carolina border. Nicknamed The Queen City (which it shares with Cincinnati, Ohio), Charlotte was named in honor of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of England. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

North Carolina 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Charlotte	North Carolina	United States
Population	540,828	8,049,313	281,421,906
Median age	32.7	35.3	35.3
Median age for Male	31.5	33.8	34
Median age for Female	33.9	36.7	36.5
Households	215,449	3,132,013	105,480,101
Household population	528,600	7,795,432	273,643,273
Average household size	2.45	2.49	2.59
Families	132,378	2,158,869	71,787,347
Average family size	3.07	2.98	3.14
Housing units	230,434	3,523,944	115,904,641
Occupied units	215,449	3,132,013	105,480,101
Vacant units	14,985	391,931	10,424,540

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Buying A Home ? Rain, Sun, and Weather Issues

Local Information for Charlotte, NC

Latitude: 35.207193 -- Longitude: -80.829224

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