earthsfriend OP t1_it7dlys wrote
Reply to comment by baltimorecalling in Thinking of moving to canton about 3-4 blocks up from Boston street. The house has a basement. Will the basement get flooded if it rains heavy? by earthsfriend
The basement is weird. On the sidewalk there is 5 stairs up to the front door but underneath the stairs there is another front door to the basement that you can’t really access from the street bc it’s under the stairs and partially below the sidewalk but it seems like all the water on the sidewalk would flow under the stairs and leak through the basement front door. The basement has a back door to a concrete patio as well
MispellledIt t1_it7v4ff wrote
The bottom of those steps should have a drain. Ideally that drain would connect to a French drain system and a sump pump. You need an inspection and you need to ask these questions.
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