Reply #16: be sure to check w/police-sheriff-neighbors to see if house ever had a meth lab [View All]

I am still waiting over 45 days to get documentation from our local officials that there was a meth lab on my property. They have told me verbally that there was and it is posted online in their database. I am awaiting the paperwork so I can get a lawyer and sell the house back to the former owner. Testing/Clean-up costs can run from $5k-$100k if shed needs to be torn down and all soil needs to be removed and hauled to a toxic waste dump.

Some states do not require the seller to disclose anything, some states do not require the seller to disclose if building has been "certified" clean by a professional cleaning company. There are stories of homeowners that bought supposedly "clean" houses that years later tested positive. Yes, the stuff leaches back through sheetrock.

Evidently the cook poured his toxic waste onto the gravel driveway and yard and my dog has had bloody diarrhea twice in the past month. She is no longer allowed in the yard.

Old-versus-new

I prefer the character and charm of an older house.

Some older houses have been upgraded w/electrical, plumbing, insulation etc.

Some older houses may have lead paint, asbestos etc.