Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:17:46 on
Tue, 22 May 2018, Recliner remarked:

I'm bemused why people would live in basement flats in a flood-prone
area.

Because in the short term they can't afford anything else (even assuming
they are cogniscent of the risks).

You're assuming that those flats are cheap. I rather suspect that they're
not.