Originally Posted by VickiR

When I sell a property that was built before 1978, federal law requires that buyers know it could have lead paint.

It isn't something to be overly concerned about but I would not allow kids or pets or ANYONE to chew on the windowsills or any painted surface! In most cases, those homes built before 1978 have been painted over and over so the lead paint is well covered up. However, if you are going to scrape the woodwork, you need to know that the lead paint may be under all the old

Originally Posted by michgc

This! Unless you plan on licking it, chewing it, having your kids or pets chew it or you try to remove it and inhale the paint fumes, you will be perfectly fine.

There are lead paint disclosures in real estate and there is lead paint laws with regards to toys (primarily because they are sometimes found in toys from China). If you had kids in the 90's or early 2000's, they likely played with lead-paint based toys. Those of us from the 70's did, too.

Just don't put

Originally Posted by BoBromhal

worrying about tornadoes in NC and lead paint is no way to go through life. Add snakes, lightning strikes, and humidity to the list.

Originally Posted by goodbyesnow

Having lived in old houses and bought/sold 3 houses that were all built before 1978, those statements had to be in the seller disclosures-unsure of here in NC, but in my previous state. It is merely stating that there is probably stating that under layers of paint is lead-based paint. We tested our last home (100 year old house) and the only places that showed lead were places where there was chipped pain on woodwork. We painted over over all chipped paint, had new siding put on the exterior, and