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This hurricane-resistant luxury home built on Cat Cay in the Bahamas provides panoramic views with windows along the entire length of ocean-facing veranda – and a small enclosed storage area/garage at ground level. With the living area elevated to protect it from storm surge, this Topsider home makes the perfect oceanfront tropical beach house. View more @ #topsiderhomes #hurricanehomes #elevatedhomes #coastalhomes #pedestalhomes #luxuryhomes #bahamas #catcay #beachhouse #pilinghomes https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoy7KHB_Ux/?igshid=18hj3it93c9m1

Check out this cool luxury villa concept we created for a Caribbean resort. This elevated house, built on piers or pilings, was designed to have a cistern for water-catchment below and is protected from hurricanes and severe tropical weather with Topsider’s proprietary storm-resistant structural features. With low-maintenance finishes, vaulted ceilings and an open-living leisure interior space, it blends the right architectural motif with its island setting. View more @ #topsiderhomes #hurricaneresistant #homedesigns #elevatedhomes #stilthomes #luxuryhomes #tropicalhomes #caribbean #bahamas #virginislands #florida #pilinghouses https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IGPfNBeZO/?igshid=12t4ni0z20oe3

This slightly elevated two-story home, built on a canal in Florida, features 360-degree views on both levels and ample outside decking. Like the many thousands of Topsider coastal homes built since 1968, this was engineered to withstand hurricane-force winds and specified with low-maintenance exterior finishes and high-impact glass windows. Our coastal hurricane-resistant homes are flexible in design, with most elevated on pilings or stilts from 10-ft. to 20-ft. above high tide level. View more @ #topsiderhomes #coastalhomes #hurricanehomes #elevatedhomes #intercoastalhomes #hurricaneproofhomes #floridakeys #florida https://www.instagram.com/p/B-R_N3RB-m9/?igshid=1kptrn2wpy1cy

Check out this Topsider early-era Florida Keys beach resort. Each villa is elevated with two living levels and an enclosed screened lanai. These homes, built facing the Atlantic, were designed to be hurricane resistant – and have withstood every major hurricane in the Keys for more than four decades. View more at #topsiderhomes #elevatedhomes #floridakeys #twostoryhomes #houseplans #hurricanehomes #stilthomes #beachhouses https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CEZuMnUrX/?igshid=kc440j8selx8

This luxurious, one-of-a-kind, custom-designed contemporary lake house built on Lake St. Clair in Michigan, features two elevated living levels with extraordinary panoramic lake views. Because it is elevated it is protected from flooding. Topsider specializes in custom-designed elevated coastal and lakefront homes. View more @ #topsiderhomes #lakehouses #pedestalhomes #customdesigns #elevatedhomes #luxuryhomes #panoramicviews #luxuryhomes #uniquehomes https://www.instagram.com/p/B7v64bQnLd4/?igshid=1b0oopgvmfp4l

This Topsider elevated stilt house was built on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, replacing a home destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. It is elevated 18-ft. above grade to make it safe from storm surge. Topsider’s hurricane houses include extreme high wind loading structural capacity and high impact windows which provide safety from windborne debris. View more @ #topsiderhomes #mississippi #elevatedhomes #hurricaneproofhomes #stilthouses #panoramicviews #homedesign #hurricaneresistant #contemporarydesign #interiordesign https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MUfEWH6wi/?igshid=m6zeo49ibs74

Engineered to withstand hurricane force winds exceeding 180 mph, this low-maintenance piling house was designed using Topsider’s unique hurricane-proof post & beam building system. Topsider-designed houses in Florida, the Bahamas and Caribbean have survived innumerable major hurricanes over the past 50 years. View more @ #topsiderhomes #elevatedhomes #hurricanehomes #pilinghouses #beachhouse #coastalhomes #florida #bahamas #caribbean https://www.instagram.com/p/B47uOL9nA6o/?igshid=kzqx9nvg6svj

Stilt Houses have been around since the bronze age as people built them higher to avoid floods or water damage. Virtually every continent and every country has some form of stilt homes, albeit for different uses. Multiple countries, contemporary photos. #HousesOnStilts #ElevatedHomes #Floodxones #HousesNearWater #buyingahome #homebuying #househunters #realtorlifestyle #realty #realestate #realestatefloridabuyers #realestateagent #realestatelife #RealEstateBroker #realestateagents #realestatebrokers #floridarealestate #floridarealtor #floridahomes #FloridaRealEstate #SarasotaRealEstate #TampaRealEstate #OrlandoRealEstate #MiamiRealEstate #JacksonvilleRealEstate #BradentonRealEstate #StPetersburgRealEstate #bradentonrealestate #Manatee #SarasotaCounty https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx79UEnnau4/?igshid=1l7ijj74i0xof