Caribbean Disaster
Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program
SITING
WHEN CHOOSING A SITE FOR YOUR HOUSE, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
A house is best built on a flat firm site provided it is well drained.
If your lot is on a slope don’t place the house like this unless it is properly anchored.
The wind and water can dislodge the house.
Cut and fill is a common means of leveling a house site. Avoid building on the fill. Foundation should be on solid ground. This house is safer, cut into the side of the hill.