Seabrook sits between the ocean and the Bohicket, and storm water needs somewhere to go.
What actually needs protecting
Where homes are raised, tidal water usually passes underneath. What still takes on water is ground-level storage, garages, equipment enclosures and the lower villas that sit closer to grade.
Ground-level villas are the priority
Unlike a raised house, a ground-floor villa has living space at the level water reaches. That makes drainage and pump provision a genuine protection question rather than a matter of keeping storage dry — and it is often a regime consideration as much as an individual one.
Salt water is harder on pumps
A pump handling brackish flood water corrodes faster than one dealing with rainwater. Specifying properly decides whether it works next season.
Backup power matters in an empty home
A storm takes the power out and, if nobody is in residence, nobody resets anything. A battery backup, ideally with an alert, is what makes a pump useful on a property you are not living in.