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Home Buyers & Sellers
Is it safe for your children to play?
What hazards are lurking in those immediate blocks surrounding your home?
Could there be leaking underground tanks?
What about old landfills or other hazardous waste sites?
Maybe a known "meth lab"?
Whether you are buying or selling a home—or both—you are likely to have a thorough home inspection before you make any decisions. Most people are familiar with termites, lead paint and wet basements. But what about “environmental hazards”?
When people buy a home, they research nearby schools, crime rates, and average property values - so what about potential environmental risks that could affect you and your family's health? Some of the most dangerous or costly hazards exist outside and can contaminate a home through pathways to human contact such as vapor intrusion, soil, and groundwater. Just because an area appears pristine does not mean that issues are not present. Until now, homeowners and people considering buying or selling a home didn't really have any options. Now there is the EDR Neighborhood Environmental Report™ supplied by First Choice Building Inspections.
Every day families and communities are affected by toxic substances that have been leaked, spilled, buried and dumped across the United States - Environmental Hazards!
The words themselves sound alarming. Simply stated, an environmental hazard is a condition in the ground beneath or around a property that can impact the health of the family who lives there. Unlike natural hazards, such as mud slides, earthquakes and fissures in the soil, environmental hazards are man made.
The EDR Neighborhood Environmental Report™ will help to:
- Protect you and your family's health.
- Ensure a sound investment
- Understand nearby risks.
There is a lot to be said for having the peace of mind that comes with knowing a property is free from any potential environmental hazards. A check for such hazards protects your family’s health, as well as your investment. As a result, today there is a growing demand by consumers for more in-depth information about environmental conditions in and around a home.
Developed exclusively for home buyers and sellers, the EDR Neighborhood Environmental Report™ identifies potential environmental risks such as leaking underground tanks, landfills and toxic waste sites on or near a property that may threaten a family’s health or the value of their investment. It is generated from the largest collection of local, state and federal hazard records in the U.S. by the country’s most trusted source of environmental risk information.
The EDR Report is delivered in an accurate, comprehensive, easy to understand summary and is available to home buyers, home sellers, and homeowners through a local EDR Certified home inspection company like First Choice Building Inspections.
The EDR Neighborhood Environmental Report™ includes information about issues such as:
- Leaking underground oil tanks
- Hazardous waste sites
- Landfills
- Homes that have been used as illegal drug labs (meth labs)
- Contamination from nearby industrial sites, farms, or accidental toxic spills
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top clean-up priority propertiesThese hazards can pose a threat to you and your family's health and property value as harmful substance can find their way into drinking water, the soil around your home, or can contaminate indoor air through vapor intrusion.
What you might find.
Contaminants from current or former industrial activity and landfills, or oil from leaking underground storage tanks can seep into soil and groundwater and cause problems for nearby homeowners.
Often, housing developments are built on land that was once used for other industrial or agricultural purposes. It’s important to take steps to avoid the risks associated with you, your children, and your pets breathing in dust and vapors as well as playing and digging in dirt that can hold contaminants for years.
Even beyond your own yard, there can be potential dangers –in nearby areas that once may have been used for military or industrial purposes and still hold toxins that may make it unsafe for children to play. Sometimes chemicals in the ground can travel through the soil as a vapor, contaminating indoor air.
Besides compromising your health, unchecked environmental hazards can drive down property values and stigmatize neighborhoods, especially if stories make headlines in the local news. In extreme cases, home buyers may even be responsible for the cleanup which can cost thousands of dollars.
What about when you’re selling a home?
A home with a “clean” record is a valuable selling feature, particularly in a slower market. Providing environmental information with the details of your home can add value when you have your next open house.
Interested home buyers will take notice that your home has been checked for potential risks and having this information available to them could provide an edge over other properties they are considering that may not have this information.
Even if an issue is present, in most cases, it is easily solvable. And, buyers will appreciate having the information necessary to take the appropriate steps to protect their family ahead of time.
In addition, providing an environmental report on your home and disclosing any issues upfront could also afford you some liability protection should a problem arise after the sale is completed.
Will a report stop you from buying your dream home?
The good news is that in the majority of cases, the property and neighborhood around it is clean. When an issue of concern is revealed, frequently it requires something as simple as installing a water filter or a ventilation system in your basement. Your local EDR-certified home inspector is trained to carefully walk you through the report’s findings and direct you to whatever resources you may need.
The choice is yours.
Environmental hazards can affect your health and lower the value of your home. Protect your family and investment with an EDR Neighborhood Environmental Report™.
What would you pay to know your family is safe from these known environmental dangers?
Peace of mind is the knowledge you gain when you request your report. It is a simple way to check for environmental issues that might be on your property or in the surrounding area, before they become a problem for you and your family.
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NOTE: Neighborhood Environmental Reports can be requested on ANY address within the Continental United States only.
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