BUYER BEWARE!!

UPDATE: 3/27/2025:  It looks like the yellow house is now being sold directly through the real estate agent as they put out a for sale sign.  Again, I don't see anything in the listing as of today that states anything about the flooding damage to this house.  It is a fact that the Realtor knows about the flooding issue with this house as I believe she was the agent of record when I purchased the house through auction.com.  They tried two additional times that I'm aware of to sell the house on auction.com after my sale did not go through because of the flood without disclosing the flood damage/issue.  Looks like they didn't find a sucker to buy it yet.  

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Someone (I'm assuming the realtor) stopped by and asked us to take down our sign - In my opinion, it's probably because they are having a hard time scamming someone that knows the truth about the house.  FYI: The sign is NOT coming down as I have every intention of warning anyone that is thinking about buying that house about the flooding issues with Milton and the ongoing flooding issues we have.

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And for anyone that is coming on my property and stealing (Yes, it's been happening recently) you should know that I have video that captures every corner and every inch of my property and we have an alarm system tied to the police dept.  So do it again and you will get caught and I WILL prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.  My video also looks all the way down the street and can see everyone that comes and goes.  It uploads instantly into the cloud as well (with battery backup so you can't cut the power either).  So come on my property again, YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH IT!!!

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So, buyer beware and please read below!!

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1/9/2025: The yellow house at 437 Warner Place currently up for auction was significantly flooded during hurricane Milton.  The entire street was flooded up to 48” above the floorboards of all the houses located on this street.  As you can see from the picture we could not even get down the street to the homes.  The entire basin below Loomis street was filled up like a lake.  

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The person living in the yellow house said the water was up to the middle of her front door and she spent weeks trying to get the water out of the house.

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I own the two green houses at the end of the street.  The larger green house that sits on piers WAY above the ground was completely flooded inside as well.  The water came up through the floor and approx 18-24" up the walls.   

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This is not the first time these houses have flooded.  According to the lady that lives in the yellow house, her's has flooded several times before.  Both of my homes have flooded in the past as well.  When it rains heavy the entire street and yard  floods every time and stays wet for days.  If you can imagine in the summer time, it's a constant swamp down here.

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I would also like to mention that the entire street behind us flooded as well (Seagrave St).  Most of their houses were under water too. I'm sure if you ask them they will tell you all about it.

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I'm telling you about it because according to FL law you are supposed to disclose flooding on a property before you sell it and I want to make sure no one gets swindled.  

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This property is worthless.  In my opinion the house has to be torn down and if you build a new one you can be sure it will eventually flood again (Most likely sooner than later).  I would have bought the house from the bank but they decided not to accept my offer and in my opinion it's because they wanted to try and sell it for more on the auction site to someone who may not know much about the property.  I'm not saying that's true, it's just my opinion.

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I had a contractor come in and take a look at the property to see if there was some way of preventing it from flooding in the future and even with heavy duty pumps costing tens of thousands of dollars or deep retention ponds the consensus was that there is simply nowhere to drain the water that it wouldn't come right back (And that's even if we could get pumps fast enough to do it).  They recommended I tear everything down or find something else to do with the property.

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I'm not sure what I'm going to do at this point but I've basically lost all the money I spent on my houses and I hope you don't do the same.  I never would have bought them if someone had disclosed the prior flooding to me.  Lesson learned for me...