New low in realtor greed/indiference to human life (real estate, apartment)

[WildCardSteve1]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/bu...=business&_r=0


This is disgraceful.

[D. Scott]

Not surprising money once again is taken over human health and safety. Very sad to hear this.

On a separate note I hope you are well Steve. Good thread.

[WildCardSteve1]

I'm a lead based paint inspector. I did that for about three years. I never saw anything so bad as described in the article.

[OyCrumbler]

Just who are these people that can do this and feel fine about themselves?

[TotalKaos]

Some states require Lead Based Paint Warning Disclosures on residential buildings constructed before 1978, which would be 90% or more of NYC buildings.

Innocent, though naive and inexperienced, buyers need a heads up on this kind of time bomb.

And everyone should have a broker &/or an attorney representing them when buying real estate, who knows what they are doing. And even a building inspection would catch something like this in advance.

Sad.

[BBMW]

Shouldn't this be on the national real estate forum. Nothing NYC specific about this.

[WildCardSteve1]

Originally Posted by BBMW

Shouldn't this be on the national real estate forum. Nothing NYC specific about this.

I'll try to make it so.


I did an inspection for a realty company on an apartment where the windows repeatedly failed. Not because of urban dirt, but because there was leaded paint on the window. This, um, hipster shows up on a Japanese motorcycle. He's actually annoyed. I catch him outside and tell him; look, there's a real hazard here. You need to either remove the lead paint or replace the window. That didn't go over well. Might have cost money, I guess.


The NYC environment is full of lead. I'd often find it on foyer and kitchen floors, as well as in window wells. No lead in the apartment, it's urban dirt.