I'm buying a house in a town where flooding is a problem, and so I've taken care to avoid the areas that flood. During my search I looked at a gorgeous house and was about to make an offer, then checked and realised it floods - not just in extreme circumstances, but pretty much all the time. I looked up the planning documents and there was a flood risk assessment that basically said 'this will continue to flood badly and there's nothing you can do about it'. I didn't make an offer for this reason - but I've just seen that the house has been sold. At first I thought that maybe people don't bother to check, but then I realised that solicitors check for flooding as part of their routine investigations. I'm baffled as to why anyone would buy a house like that, regardless of how lovely it is! Well ... maybe a buy-to-let landlord might decide that the profit from the rent will outweigh the cost of fixing any flood damage, but who would choose it for their home? Anyone done this?