Our house is 60 years old so there is a fair chance it has lead paint somewhere under there.
DH and I disagree a bit. He says if we test and find it, it will just get complicated because we'll obviously have to move or fix it. We are going to sell this house anyway within 2 years, so we'll either make it difficult to sell due to the disclosure, or we'll have to pay to fix it before we go (and lead abatement can be tens of thousands, I believe). And that's not money that we'll recoup in the sell, like we might for other improvement projects.
I totally see his points...but, it's our baby, and it's lead you know? Not sure what to do. Are you testing for lead? And if so, what will you do if you find it?
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Re: Anyone worried about lead paint?
Also the Lead Base Paint disclosure is very standard and no one is shocked to get it when you sell. Every houses built before 1978 probably has lead paint.
Maybe I'm overthinking it. Even if we move, most of the neighborhoods we love in my city are older.
As for the disclosure, I admit I don't know much about it. But I figured that right now it's an assumption, but that if we actually test for and find it it could turn off some buyers in an already tricky market. But maybe most of the potential buyers for this neighborhood are dissuaded by it.
He does try to put things in my mouth, too, though!
I have never had any clients test for it with the exception of a 100 unit apartment complex. It is a standard addendum to the purchase contract in our state for any building built before 1978.
I do agree about the flaking. If it is flaking then scrape it off and re-paint.