Ever woken up and there was a hole next to your house?

Ever woken up and there was a hole next to your house?
by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler AZ REALTOR
Chandler Arizona Real Estate

As Real Estate Agents, we have to know and be aware of many things.  Some of these may include comps, neighborhoods and floorplans.  What about builders and construction of malls or roads?  Sure.  And what about fissures.  FISSURES?  Fi-what?  Well, Arizona, primarily central and southern Arizona have fissures that can cause problems.  Don't believe me?  Wait...before we look at cases of fissures, how about we look at some examples of how they basically cropped up out of nowhere in the recent past to cause trouble....

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0811fissures-ON.html

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/47157

What is a fissure, exactly??  Well I found this link

http://www.azgs.az.gov/vol29no3.htm

that could tell all readers in a heck of a lot more than I could about the 'fissure-phenomena'.

And what is being done about fissures?  Well, an article just came out today's Arizona Republic detailing the problem of fissures in certain parts of Gilbert that are as of yet either annexed and unincorporated land.  Thankfully for us, the Arizona Geological Survey has recently published a map pinpointing the location of these fissures...

So at a minimum agents and buyers should be aware that these 'things' do exist and note their locations....

Thanks for Reading :)

Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler AZ REALTOR
http://www.homesphx.com