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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,052 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 07:40 PM Tuesday

couple KNOWINGLY paid $1.3 million for house in Palos Verdes landslide area...because it was 50% of value

and now they've poured another 200K into the home and it's still sliding.

their reasoning for buying this house in crisis.. ."priced out of much of California".... not true. $1.3 M would have bought a nice house somewhere...just not with ocean views.

Their views to the ocean have improved substantially as houses around them descend into the earth.

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Klarkashton

(5,250 posts)
6. No such thing as landslide insurance on regular
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 08:16 PM
Tuesday

Home owners policies. It might be possible to get some kind of special insurance, except that no one would insure a place where the land is in the process of sliding.

Botany

(77,187 posts)
5. If the land your home is on is moving 1 foot per week your house is gonna be gone.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 08:05 PM
Tuesday

Steel beams, pumping out the ground water, jacking up the house, and so on
will buy you a little more time but if planetary forces are moving the mountain your
house is on downhill and into the ocean than you are screwed. ,

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,052 posts)
7. true. they can kiss that 1.3M goodbye. Only hope is California gov coming to the rescue..
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 08:20 PM
Tuesday

which is ridiculous if they payout to the couple who literally bought into this mess

Botany

(77,187 posts)
8. Salvage what you can from the homes and then bulldoze the rest and make it a sheep ranch, raise figs, and
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 08:34 PM
Tuesday

.. grapes. Picnic tables with nice ocean views

Palos Verde Merino Wool, Fig Jelly, Riesling, and lamb chops.

BigmanPigman

(55,061 posts)
9. I see TV ads promoting a "free money" app
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 09:42 PM
Tuesday

I bet this dude would fall for it, despite the ads being aimed primarily to women. Is he a legit moron or is he faking it well?

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,052 posts)
10. new owners is a couple, husband and wife. the guy pictured in the thumbnail is a long time owner
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 09:45 PM
Tuesday

the wife does all the talking...they BOTH have to be morons to put all that money into a home literally sliding down a mountain.

BigmanPigman

(55,061 posts)
12. My error.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:04 PM
Tuesday

They are both morons than. It is like building a home on a well known, historic flood plain and then being surprised when you can't get insur for it, it floods every other year and no buyers will look at it no matter how low the asking price.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,052 posts)
11. the old guy pictured in the thumbnail is a long term owner, a one man army fighting against the landslide.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 09:47 PM
Tuesday

he's pumping out water daily, from within the landslide. His equity in his home plunged from 2 Million to 100K

usonian

(24,964 posts)
15. Trump National Golf Club Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 11:05 PM
Tuesday

Luxury Public Golf Weddings & Events Dining Reservations
One Trump National Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-870-9560
WHEE!!!!!

Slip sliding away!!
Dodge the Sharks.

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