Rain gutters not a requirement in San Diego??

[earlyretirement]

I just had a quick question from some of you local experts. I noticed on one of the houses I toured yesterday that there were no rain gutters on the property. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen that and was surprised. In fact, I saw a bit of humidity damage in front of the house because run off water was falling directly on the house front vs. going down a rain gutter.

When I asked my realtor about it, she said that it’s rare but some owners since there isn’t much rain here they don’t bother putting on rain gutters. This seemed strange to me on a $1 million + home.

So my question is…how common is it? And it’s not required?

[sdrealtor]

The issue with not having rain gutters is that the water drips down and splashes on the dirt around the house staining the stucco. I see those house all the time.

You can get away without them but its always better to control the flow of water around one’s home.

[sdrealtor]

The issue with not having rain gutters is that the water drips down and splashes on the dirt around the house staining the stucco. I see those house all the time.

You can get away without them but its always better to control the flow of water around one’s home.

[sdrealtor]

The issue with not having rain gutters is that the water drips down and splashes on the dirt around the house staining the stucco. I see those house all the time.

You can get away without them but its always better to control the flow of water around one’s home.

[sdrealtor]

The issue with not having rain gutters is that the water drips down and splashes on the dirt around the house staining the stucco. I see those house all the time.

You can get away without them but its always better to control the flow of water around one’s home.

[sdrealtor]

The issue with not having rain gutters is that the water drips down and splashes on the dirt around the house staining the stucco. I see those house all the time.

You can get away without them but its always better to control the flow of water around one’s home.

[earlyretirement]

OK..thanks sdrealtor. I guess I’ve always seen houses with gutters in other parts of the country. Fortunately only one house that I saw yesterday didn’t have it so I got curious. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

[earlyretirement]

OK..thanks sdrealtor. I guess I’ve always seen houses with gutters in other parts of the country. Fortunately only one house that I saw yesterday didn’t have it so I got curious. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

[earlyretirement]

OK..thanks sdrealtor. I guess I’ve always seen houses with gutters in other parts of the country. Fortunately only one house that I saw yesterday didn’t have it so I got curious. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

[earlyretirement]

OK..thanks sdrealtor. I guess I’ve always seen houses with gutters in other parts of the country. Fortunately only one house that I saw yesterday didn’t have it so I got curious. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

[earlyretirement]

OK..thanks sdrealtor. I guess I’ve always seen houses with gutters in other parts of the country. Fortunately only one house that I saw yesterday didn’t have it so I got curious. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

[carli]

When we had our house totally remodeled and added on to a few years ago, we were surprised to find that our builder hadn’t factored in the cost of gutters. He said they were optional. We went back to the architect’s plans, and found they weren’t spec’d, but when we discussed it w/the architect he said he expected we’d put them on. For a little while, we thought we might skip them because we were afraid they might look ugly (our roofline has a lot of angles), but decided we didn’t want to deal with the water issues. We’re glad we put them on…can’t even imagine not having them with all the storms we’ve had, and visually, we don’t even notice them.

[carli]

When we had our house totally remodeled and added on to a few years ago, we were surprised to find that our builder hadn’t factored in the cost of gutters. He said they were optional. We went back to the architect’s plans, and found they weren’t spec’d, but when we discussed it w/the architect he said he expected we’d put them on. For a little while, we thought we might skip them because we were afraid they might look ugly (our roofline has a lot of angles), but decided we didn’t want to deal with the water issues. We’re glad we put them on…can’t even imagine not having them with all the storms we’ve had, and visually, we don’t even notice them.

[carli]

When we had our house totally remodeled and added on to a few years ago, we were surprised to find that our builder hadn’t factored in the cost of gutters. He said they were optional. We went back to the architect’s plans, and found they weren’t spec’d, but when we discussed it w/the architect he said he expected we’d put them on. For a little while, we thought we might skip them because we were afraid they might look ugly (our roofline has a lot of angles), but decided we didn’t want to deal with the water issues. We’re glad we put them on…can’t even imagine not having them with all the storms we’ve had, and visually, we don’t even notice them.

[carli]

When we had our house totally remodeled and added on to a few years ago, we were surprised to find that our builder hadn’t factored in the cost of gutters. He said they were optional. We went back to the architect’s plans, and found they weren’t spec’d, but when we discussed it w/the architect he said he expected we’d put them on. For a little while, we thought we might skip them because we were afraid they might look ugly (our roofline has a lot of angles), but decided we didn’t want to deal with the water issues. We’re glad we put them on…can’t even imagine not having them with all the storms we’ve had, and visually, we don’t even notice them.

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