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Found a home, but concerned about retention pond behind house

Hi all,

I found a house that I really like and is in a really great location. It’s in the kent area of Washington. The only thing is there’s a retention pond in the back yard behind the back yard fence. Photo below. It’s been on market for 3 days which is more than usual in this area and has a pretty small back yard but a nice sized deck.

Is this something I should be concerned with? It isn’t rained a ton in the past few days and there was standing water still in the retention pond. We personally wouldn’t mind the view just more worried about resale and if we are over paying the house is priced around 525k has updated kitchen, and is in pretty good shape. 2400 square feet with 3 car attached garage and updated siding. All appliances updated. Bathrooms have some dates stuff but nothing super concerning. Really no front yard but has a cul de sac. I think we are buying location more than anything here though. We don’t mind the small minimalist back yard since we don’t like doing tons of yard work. More worried if we will struggle selling it 10 years down the road if we decide to move.

Also does this heighten the risk of crawl space water issues and such being close to a pond? I don’t know much about how they are constructed. I can see above where the water is in the back and you can see also there’s a pipe but I’m not sure if that’s to carry water away or if that brings water in to the pond?

House and development was built in the late 90s.

https://imgur.com/a/5nSVSHj

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