DieselBound
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Live a season at your new place before attempting any drastic changes.
One would need to drill various holes in the area to see where the water table is. If you have a high water table and you have no way to drain to daylight then you have little hope to do anything (one can build up, but one has to be careful that one isn't just stacking up the problem elsewhere). If you're not willing/able to do this then I'd get a hold of a geotech to check things out: know your soils (many times one can find soil survey data- I've got two major soil types on my property- house area has soil that drains well, but the problem is that while water can go down it can also go UP- lot of clay soil below helps stop water and stacks it up nicely so that it creates springs in the soil that "drains" well!).
Live a season at your new place before attempting any drastic changes.
One would need to drill various holes in the area to see where the water table is. If you have a high water table and you have no way to drain to daylight then you have little hope to do anything (one can build up, but one has to be careful that one isn't just stacking up the problem elsewhere). If you're not willing/able to do this then I'd get a hold of a geotech to check things out: know your soils (many times one can find soil survey data- I've got two major soil types on my property- house area has soil that drains well, but the problem is that while water can go down it can also go UP- lot of clay soil below helps stop water and stacks it up nicely so that it creates springs in the soil that "drains" well!).