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because not everyone in the world is as paranoid as city data, or they don't want to ruin a deal. not sure this helps. we bought a house with a tank , and removed it. everything was fine. i know of people who have very expensive homes with ancient tanks underground still in use in ridgewood.
because not everyone in the world is as paranoid as city data, or they don't want to ruin a deal. not sure this helps. we bought a house with a tank , and removed it. everything was fine. i know of people who have very expensive homes with ancient tanks underground still in use in ridgewood.
You say this as if no one has ever had major problems with this. And they have. It isn't being paranoid. it is protecting yourself financially.
After reading about "tanks" on CDF, I e-mailed my agent the night before our inspection. She contacted the seller and confirmed that they have paperwork stating that there is not a tank on the property. I some point there was one, but it was removed (not by current owners who have been in the house 7 years). The paperwork from the seller is going to be e-mailed to me.
Interesting because neigher our agent and the attorney used for the attorney review period mentioned anything about tanks.
When I e-mailed my agent, she something like, "I can't imagine that they would have bought a house with a scan, but you never know." I am thinking well, maybe their agent was like you and did not tell they needed to scan!
After reading about "tanks" on CDF, I e-mailed my agent the night before our inspection. She contacted the seller and confirmed that they have paperwork stating that there is not a tank on the property. I some point there was one, but it was removed (not by current owners who have been in the house 7 years). The paperwork from the seller is going to be e-mailed to me.
Interesting because neigher our agent and the attorney used for the attorney review period mentioned anything about tanks.
When I e-mailed my agent, she something like, "I can't imagine that they would have bought a house with a scan, but you never know." I am thinking well, maybe their agent was like you and did not tell they needed to scan!
If I were to buy a house in 2012, I would have an underground tank scan done, regardless of any representation from the seller, his attorney, his goomar, his consigliere, his priest, whomever. It would just be part of my due diligence. 20 years goes by, and the past becomes the ancient past and no one remembers anything. For what, $300, I'd just have it done as part of my home buying routine.
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