Lead, Asbestos and Termites Controle when selling

[fulcrum]

Does anyone know if lead paintwork has to be got rid of before selling a house. I seem to remember reading recently that the regs have changed this year and that owners now have to remove affected paintwork prior to selling.

[tj]

[quote user="fulcrum"]Does anyone know if lead paintwork has to be got rid of before selling a house. I seem to remember reading recently that the regs have changed this year and that owners now have to remove affected paintwork prior to selling.
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Would be nice, since we are about to complete on a house with some lead paintwork.

But I dont think so, we are just going to use an encapsulant to prevent any deterioration into the atmosphere.

There is also an encapsulant for asbestos, and under regulations encapsulation even includes simply building a wall in front of it for example, a little difficult with windows and doors of course :)

 

[southwestgersdee]

Hi

When we recently bought our property, it was reported in the survey that the only internal door we had, had lead paint on it. There was no requirement for the seller to remove the paint. But I believe it is a requirement that a buyer knows it is there.

Dee