Would you sign a lease for a carpeted basement apartment within a humid continental region?
I'm looking at a unit that's within my budget (and also the cheapest I have been able to find so far) that meets basically all of my needs. Cat friendly, close to my job, close to outdoor recreation, walkable community but still gives me a parking space. The main issue I have is that it's a carpeted basement/garden unit. I get that carpets are needed so your feet don't freeze in a basement apartment but I am nervous about humidity and potential flooding. I've checked FEMA's floodplain maps and it's not marked as being at risk for flooding but it's not so far away from wetlands (which in a way is a plus as I love the outdoors). I grew up in a house near wetlands and one year we did have a horrendous rainstorm that flooded our (carpeted) basement and made it unusable for a season. The smell is etched into my brain still. I'm in the Boston area (USA) so we get all four seasons and my fear is that I'll sign my lease and then in a month we'll get some torrential autumn rainstorm. Does anyone else have experience with basement apartments in a humid continental region or an area with similar geography? Am I good to go or should I suck it up and pay for a more expensive unit that isn't going to potentially flood.