Here’s some basic info on

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Here’s some basic info on hillside homes. I may have other docs lying around from some research I did last year:

http://www.bayarearetrofit.com/Hillside1/hillside1.html

The building codes in effect during the ’80s weren’t so great from a seismic safety perspective. In addition to the inspections you should probably budget for seismic retrofitting.