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Buying house with galvanized copper piping?
I am interested in buying a house where this tenant has been living there for 25 years. It's a 1961 concrete block house. The only "issue" I have is that it still has the galvanized piping and has not been replumbed with PVC. It is unlikely the tenant is going to move. I plan to buy this house with enough "room" in the numbers to repipe for like $2k to $3k. But I wouldn't want to do this while the tenant is still there. What do you think about this situation? There isn't a plumbing problem now, but if something happens it could be nasty--but you can say that about any plumbing problem, I suppose. Thoughts?