Real Estate Mold
Information: Real Estate Home and House Selling and Mold, Real Estate
Home and House Buying and Mold,
and Mold and Environmental Problems Encountered in Selling Real Estate and
Homes
Also read:
Ten Tips To Avoid Mold
Problems and Lawsuits in Selling and Buying Real Estate
Whether you want to sell or buy a home or other real estate,
you need to be concerned about the possible presence of mold infestation and other environmental
health threats which may be resident in the home, condominium, apartment complex, office, store,
or other real estate.
If you are the home seller,
you should consult with your local real estate attorney about whether or not your state requires
real estate sellers to disclose any water, mold, or other environmental problems known to the
seller. You need to comply in good faith with all of your state's laws. If you know your home or
property has a water, mold, or other environmental problem, or if you have a reasonable
suspicion that there may exist such a problem, you would be wise to remedy the water problem,
mold infestation, or environmental threat prior to even offering the property for sale and
prior to even listing the property for sale with a realtor. To find both the visible and
hidden mold problems in the property you wish to sell, hire a comprehensive mold inspection and
mold testing by a
Certified Mold
Inspector, or, follow the do-it-yourself mold tips provided at
Mold Inspection. Learn the
25 steps recommended for safe and effective
mold remediation. Ask your attorney to be the one to draft which a home sales contract which
might include the following items [plus any other helpful provisions recommended by your
attorney]: (1) the buyer is encouraged to hire [at his or her own expense] a qualified home
inspector to inspect the entire home or building for water or environmental defects or problems
of any kind, plus a Certified Mold Inspector for comprehensive mold inspection and mold testing;
(2) a detailed listing of home or building water, mold, and other environmental problems
currently known to the seller[s]; (3) a provision that the home is being sold "as is" with no
home, plumbing, mold, or environmental warranty or guarantee of any kind; and (4) a provision
that the buyer accepts full responsibility for any home, water, mold, and environmental problems
which may be now in the home or property being sold, or which may ever arise in the future.
If you are the home buyer,
you should consult with your local real estate attorney about whether or not your state requires
real estate sellers to disclose any water, mold, or other environmental problems known to the
seller. Regardless of any state requirement to do so, prior to making an offer to purchase the
home or other real estate, insist that the seller[s] provide a signed and dated written
disclosure [written by your attorney, if possible] of all seller-known home, water, mold, and
environmental property problems of any kind. Your goal should not to be the home or
property "as is," but to try to obtain whatever written assurance [in the sales agreement] that
you are able to negotiate from the seller [s], if any, about the home condition, water, mold,
and environmental status of the home or property. Have your attorney insert a 21 day [14 day
minimum, but 21 is better] environmental inspection time period [beginning at contract signing]
for you to have the home or property thoroughly inspected by a Certified Home Inspector and by a
Certified Mold Inspector, and other
environmental professions whose expertise may be required, with your retaining the right to
cancel your purchase offer and receive back promptly a full refund of your earnest money deposit
[in the hands of a title insurance company or the licensed realtor in the realtor escrow
account] should there be any physical or environmental problems of any kind which are
unacceptable to you as the prospective buyer. Do not rely on any mold testing and mold
remediation done by the seller or mold professionals not hired by you. During the environmental
inspection time period, pay for a comprehensive mold inspection and mold testing by a
Certified Mold Inspector, or,
follow the do-it-yourself mold tips provided at
Mold Inspection. Learn the
25 steps recommended for safe and effective
mold remediation. Get legal help from your attorney before waiving any present or future
legal claims you may have in regard to water damage, mold problems, and environmental problems.
Please be aware that it is very easy for the costs of mold remediation to exceed the value of
the mold-remediated home.
Also read:
[Avoid-Mold-Lawsuits] [Home-Mold-Questions] [Home-Builder-Mold] [Personal-Health-Links]
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