A viewing after heavy rain: the hour worth gold

Climate data shows most of the coast's annual precipitation falls in the colder half of the year, often in short and generous episodes.¹

A house that meets such an episode without traces in the cellar and without puddles along the foundations has shown more than it would across ten dry viewings.¹

Outside you look at the slope of the ground towards or away from the house, whether the gutters work and where they lead, and whether water lingers along the facade edge.¹

Inside you look at the lowest point: cellar, garage or basement, with the nose as much as the eyes, because the smell of damp lasts longer than any puddle.^1,2

How the house drains rainwater and where it goes is a question that also opens the topic of water use and collection, about which the national water authority writes publicly.²