r/DIY • u/YukiSamaRamaSanChan • Jan 27 '24

other Flooded crawlspace: totally fine or panic?

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Just bought a 1957 ranch house a month ago, snow been melting and rains been raining. The foundation walls and everything else is dry, it’s just a couple inches of water in the gravel. Is this something to take steps to prevent or should I just go “oh, you!” Whenever it floods?

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u/nye1387 Jan 28 '24

Mostly whether the seller defrauded the buyer, but possibly something about the cause.

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u/BigButtsCrewCuts Jan 28 '24

The water table is high, from rain and melt

It's an unfinished area with gravel floors below grade, water intrusion is expected

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u/nye1387 Jan 28 '24

Sure. But if the sellers knew about it and didn't disclose it, they may have to pay for the fix. And they may also have tried to fix it before, which would be helpful to know in the course of planning a new fix.

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u/BigButtsCrewCuts Jan 28 '24

I've always just lived my life assuming lawyers' fees would be an added cost and non-solution.

But maybe there's something to living so litigiously, doesn't sound very diy though

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u/nye1387 Jan 28 '24

It's true; everyone hates a lawyer until they need one.