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[Dan Stevens (IAmAI)]

So even if your house was on top a 50ft cliff next to the river?

What if the cliff was higher than 250m? :P

On 12/01/06, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 10:43 +0000, Alain Williams wrote:
> [snip]
> > One of my house buying/renting criteria for many years has been to choose a
> > place several feet above the local river level. I have seen flooded houses
> > and wish to leave that particular joy for others.
>
> I have discovered recently that some insurance companies aren't
> interested in height above river level - merely horizontal distance from
> the flood plain.  We live quite close to the river, but on the opposite
> side from the flood plain and a considerable number of feet above.
> However a lot of companies simply won't quote because we are within 250
> (horizontal) metres of an area which floods.  Trying to get them to
> understand that the presence of the flood plain is a positive advantage
> and actually ensures that we won't flood is a fruitless exercise.
>
> John
>
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