Although primarily interested in the homes' hurricane-resistant properties, Tener said he was also drawn to their panoramic views.
A Deltec house on the hurricane-prone Tampa Bay in St Petersburg, Florida.
But Linton believes only one of the approximately 3,000 Deltec homes built after the mid-1990s has ever suffered structural damage — during Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Deltec says it also sells homes in areas not known for hurricanes, like this one on Lake Superior in Michigan.
Courtesy Deltec“That 99.9% survival rate… looks at what we think of as the modern era, when we began focusing on designing these homes for hurricanes.
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