So you’ve decided to put your house on the market. You spruced up the paint, had the carpets cleaned and maybe even installed a few upgrades throughout your home. You list your home with a great realtor and your house is under contract in a matter of days. The day of the inspection rolls around and you get a not so great call from your realtor: the inspector found mold.
The Inspector Found Mold: Now What?
Take a deep breath, mold, while a nuisance, can be remediated. You cannot control the buyer’s reaction. They may hear the word mold and run or they may stand by your house and weather the storm. Either way, you have a mold problem that must be rectified.
What Does Remediation Look Like?
Honesty is the Best Policy
It is important to address your mold issues head on. Like it or not most buyers will likely expect professional mold remediation with lots of documentation paid for in large part by you, the seller. Be sure to not only take the proper routes to correct mold growth in your home, but also find and fix the source of the problem.
*Please note that every state has different requirements when it comes to the seller’s responsibility to disclose mold issues. Please contact a licensed realtor or real estate attorney in your state for more information.
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