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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a risk that’s worth enduring for the splendor of the area. That said, if you want to be as safe as possible, make sure of the following:

Your house is on Franciscan bedrock, or at the least, not in a high liquefaction zone,

Your house is not on a slide. Tip: don’t trust the publicly available maps. Make friends with a soils / civil engineer who has worked in the area for a long time. They have the best maps, constructed from their years of experience and their colleagues’ knowledge.

Your house has a good foundation. I cannot BELIEVE the number of people I know in SF who spent 2 million on a Victorian with a brick foundation!

If you want to be VERY safe, buy a single story house on a flat lot (with good soil/ bedrock).

Buy outside the high risk wildfire zones.

Buy outside the dam and reservoir inundation zones: some have not been retrofitted yet.

Buy near a major evac route in case of post quake fire.

Buy in an area with undergrounded power lines to lower post quake fire risk.

Do not buy a gorgeous MCM house with huge floor to ceiling windows. [/quote]

Thanks so much! Very helpful post. [/quote]

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