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This coastal Florida pedestal home has survived years of hurricanes, tropical storms and tidal surges (as in this pic). With unrivaled strength, Topsider’s hurricane resistant houses (on pedestals or pilings) provide safety and security without sacrificing luxury or livability. Each Topsider home is engineered to meet or exceed local hurricane code standards. View More @ #topsiderhomes #beachhouses #coastalhomes #hurricanehomes #tropicalhomes #pedestalhomes #luxuryhomes https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlIUxFhCCL/?igshid=103fbwverrk1

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This sprawling tropical home with attached guest house is designed for hurricane-prone areas using Topsider Home’s proprietary post & beam building system. Like the house structure, the thatched roof material is also high wind-rated and easily installed to provide the final tropical island touch. View more @ #topsiderhomes #hurricanehomes #cyclonehomes #tropicalhomes #luxuryhomes

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Sequestered on a mountainside in Los Gatos, California, this spacious two-story custom Topsider home with panoramic views was built on a floor system supported by subterranean stabilizing piers and grade beams, much like our well-known elevated (piling) hurricane coastal homes. Whether a high-wind area, heavy snow load location, or earthquake zone, each Topsider home is custom-designed and engineered to meet or exceed local building code requirements. View more @ #topsiderhomes #panoramicview #hurricanehomes #earthquakehomes #buildingcodes #californiadreaming https://www.instagram.com/p/CIJj60LhILe/?igshid=19e9eplakzkuq

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This custom designed Topsider home, built in the midst of a California vineyard, is one of our favorite classic Topsider pedestal designs. The Topsider building system allows a wide range of luxury home design possibilities like this pedestal concept, which is also ideal for sloping mountainous terrain or coastal areas where homes must be elevated above flood levels. All Topsider Homes are individually engineered to meet or exceed local energy, seismic and hurricane building codes. Since 1968, literally thousands of Topsider homes have been shipped worldwide. #topsiderhomes #hurricanehomes #seismichomes #luxuryhomes #energyefficienthomes #pedestalhomes #elevatedhomes https://www.instagram.com/p/CHTIf2mhVt3/?igshid=18n0a7nh6webn

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Check out this amazing double-pedestal Topsider home, built on the Big Island of Hawaii, with breath-taking seascape views. Designed to be earthquake- and hurricane-resistant, and low-maintenance. It also features a spacious two-car garage. View more @ #topsiderhomes #hawaiihomes #pedestalhomes #seismichomes #lowmaintenance #customdesigns #hurricanehomes https://www.instagram.com/p/CFC2XWoh345/?igshid=1qxralz3r75rx

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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

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Here’s a great example of Topsider’s unique pedestal homes. Built on a steep mountainside in Hawaii, this low-maintenance, seismic-resistant home was designed to provide extraordinary panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean. View more @ #topsiderhomes #topsiderhomes #pedestalhomes #oceanview #uniquehomes #hawaiianhomes #hawaii #earthquakehomes #hurricanehomes https://www.instagram.com/p/CDWucpHhZmY/?igshid=1gsg7q9yngawd

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Built on a secluded Bahamas island, this beautiful low-maintenance elevated Topsider home was custom designed and engineered to resist hurricane-force winds and the damaging effects of its tropical, salt-air climate. View more @ #topsiderhomes #bahamas bahamas #bahamashomes #hurricanehomes #customhomes #beachhouses #luxury #tropical #pilinghomes #elevatedhomes https://www.instagram.com/p/B_sTm4JBTO9/?igshid=12zci855wx5pq

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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

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This imposing coastal Florida home features a combination of Topsider’s pedestal and piling foundations - and was designed to have panoramic views from every room. A literal “battleship” of a structure, this hurricane-resistant home was built to survive hurricane force winds, and was elevated nearly 20-ft for storm surge protection – and yes, it has both stairs and an elevator. View more @ #topsiderhomes #beachhouses #pedestalhomes #hurricaneproofhomes #coastalhomes #panoramic #hurricanehomes #Florida #bahamas #floridakeys #thekeys #elevatedhomes https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KJuqdhZLC/?igshid=873r48n2kc6c

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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

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This coastal South Carolina hurricane-resistant home was built on concrete piers with the ground level area enclosed. “Flood vents” at ground level allow storm surge water to flow through without degrading the structural integrity of the house. Over the years It has withstood multiple major hurricanes. View more @ #topsiderhomes #coastalliving #luxuryhomes #beachhouse #hurricanehomes https://www.instagram.com/p/B5x_vawnJ4w/?igshid=1b0dxic8xdwst

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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

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Just in after Hurricane Dorian – a note and photo from a Topsider home owner – “Just thought you would like to see how we fared after Hurricane Dorian. While the destruction on the island [Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas] was devastating to most of the home owners, the four tree houses came through basically unscathed… bottom line, after 45 years and countless hurricanes the tree houses are still standing strong. This is a testament to the quality of the home you build. We will always be a believer in the Topsider design and quality. Someday soon we will build a new one, but for now we will enjoy what we have. Again, GO TOPSIDER HOMES ...THEY ROCK!!” -- Paul and Karen H. #topsiderhomes #abaco #bahamas #hurricanehomes #hurricaneproofhomes #hurricanedorian #dorian #bahamashomes #bahamashomebuilders #pedestalhomes https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Zbq5SnhKR/?igshid=1g9347s6ltobb

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Perched high on a point overlooking the convergence of canals to the Gulf in south Florida, this elevated double pedestal home is safe from storm surge and flooding, and was designed and built to withstand hurricanes. View more @ #topsiderhomes #floridacoast #hurricanehomes #coastalliving #stormprotection #hurricanehouses #floridahomes #elevatedhomes https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3Xn0eHp8D/?igshid=1xl2bb3534rif

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Nostalgia – One of our favorite resort projects from the early 1970s – The Sealofts on Deer Island (Sea Pines Plantation) in Hilton Head, SC. Sixty original design Topsider pedestal homes with ground level entryways. Still magnificent even after five decades of exposure to the coastal environment and innumerable storms. Many are in a rental pool and make for a great vacation experience. View more @ #topsiderhomes #southcarolina #hiltonhead #coastalhomes #pedestalhomes #hurricanehomes #beachresort https://www.instagram.com/p/BpuVUlNAoWv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ukrfa5qzbhns