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Updated over 5 years ago,
Meth House Disclosure taken back?
Hello this is my first post on BP!
I wanted to ask for some advice, as I am about to purchase my first home ever (actually it is my second home, since it is more than 100mi from where I live).
I received the seller's disclosure on a remodeled home that I was about to buy, and it had a "yes" checked to "Previous Use of Premises for Manufacture of Methamphetamine" - the disclosure also says to explain further - but there was no mention of anything further on this topic (aside from a note about the roof).
I asked my real estate agent about this, and she said she had not realized that had a yes for meth house and was going to investigate with the seller.
She came back and said it was a mistake. Now although I want to believe that, I just can't help feel like something is wrong. I want to have the house tested for meth.
A few questions I have: Would this test be part of the home inspection test that I will be paying for? Or should this be a test that the seller pays? Also, is there a huge downside to buying this house, if say, it is actually true that it was a meth house, but it is now testing clean? The house I'm buying is for my mother to live in.
Thanks for your help!