Here in U.K. we have had the worst floods for years, up road from me in gloucester, they got severly hit, 1 of the reasons were, yes good old Goverment cut back on the flood defences, also they insisted houses are to be built on flood plains. So why dont they build houses that can rise or built on stilts of some sort. This in turn will cut insurance claims down, but most importantly people will not loose their precious sentimental things. (before any-one says well dont buy a house on flood plains, some of these house are social housing to.so they have no choice where the council puts them.)
2007-09-27 02:39:20 · 3 answers · asked by cassy 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
err Bill.half of the house boats ended up in fields and some were wedged across bridges as their lines snapped.
2007-09-27 02:46:45 · update #1
Sheesh dont any-one read the questions properly. i did put in brackets, some are social house .i.e. council houses, due to shortage of council homes. So they have No choice where the council puts them if they want decent homes to live in and not over crowded ones.!!
2007-09-27 02:49:29 · update #2
Actually I just saw an item ont the news where an engineer had modified his home to rise withe floodwaters. Everything, gaslines, electricty lines andwater and sewer lines all extended as the house floates upwards with the rising floodwaters. Really cool. BTW I live in a floodplain in the USA and that was because it was really cheap to buy here, can u believe it??? lol I thought your question was about making building rise w/ floodwaters that's already done.
2007-09-27 02:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nobody held a gun to anyone's head and said, "You must buy this house on a flood plain." You pay your money and you take your chances.
2007-09-27 09:46:05 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They have them already. They're called houseboats.
2007-09-27 09:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by Bill W 【ツ】 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋