So we just got back from vacation, and to our complete surprise, Peavine is almost totally black. Burnt. Still smoking. A whole new view… This cannot be good for Somersett home values. The charred landscape runs through many of the custom home lots they were trying to sell, the upper roads the only firebreak. This can’t be impressive to potential buyers. If these still new lots had homes on them, would they have been saved?
Authorities still don’t know what started the fire in Verdi that blew over to Somersett on the prevaling winds (some say they saw campers start the fire) but local firefighters suppressed the flames in good time. My thanks to you, as a Somersett resident! read it
My clients who have a custom lot for sale in the area were lucky… their property escaped completely unscathed due to its strategic postion on the hill and street. But one block away, other lots were totally burned. I wonder how many of the lots now for sale on the MLS are charred to the bone.
As a buyer in the high desert, you need to pause and think about the wildfire risk to your home given its location and the prevailing winds. For example, I have little worry about my home burning up in a wildfire because I have a lush, green, wide, golf course fairway sitting between me and the prevailing winds… unlike some of my neighbors who have superior mountain views, but with a steep, grassy hill leading up to their backyard, right in line with the direction of the wind. If their backyard is big and green enough, they can use it as a firebreak. But if it’s small and narrow, risks increase. Just be aware…
So, will all this put a damper on Somersett sales? Maybe, temporarily. Only time will tell. Today we have 108 true active listings, up from previous reports in the seventies and nineties.
