In building a house one of the most important things to check first is the reliability or the stability of your location. It is important to know if your home lot is situated in a landslide or flash flood-prone areas so that at the very beginning you can make some mitigating measures or adjust your plans to make sure that living in your dream house is safe even for ages. If it happens that you already acquire a home lot in a place where heavy rainfall occurs naturally, then expect that flooding will continue. Since you cannot change the climate what you should do now is to change your house plans. Look for a house plan that can resist heavy rainfall so that flooding will never be your problem. How about building an elevated house? Elevated houses, whether small bungalows or two-story family homes area ideal in every location that is always batted by heavy rains and storms. Elevated houses can vary in terms of the materials of their foundations. Nevertheless, these houses are the perfect family home for every homeowner having with flood problems. Here are some of the house designs that you might be interested in planning your ideal house.