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[quote=Anonymous]I work for a company that does the most amount of basement waterproofing in this area.  I've inspected over 3,000 homes and designed/engineered solutions to mitigate and manage water intrusion into the house.  In many cases, I already know what the homeowner is going to tell me as I'm walking up to their home just from looking at the slope of the land.

Controlling surface water, French drains, proper swales, and buried downspouts that carry water well away from the home are all great things and also very rare from what I've seen.  Many homeowners have already undertaken all those projects before calling us because water is still coming in.

That said, I would NEVER buy any house that had any slope going towards any part of the home.  Never.  Eventually, this will be an issue and not just with water down at the base of the foundation, but foundation settlement issues, block walls cracked and bowing in, etc.  If you see a house with a slope facing the house, run away.[/quote]

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