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Found out house was built before 1978, what now?
I purchased a house with an add on apartment 2 years ago. I knew that the add on was done in 1997 but the combined building was listed as having been built in 1979. I asked my real estate agent whether this was right or some kind of average between the original and the add on and she said it was right and we didn't have to do anything about lead paint inspections because it was after 1978. For the past two years I've been living in the apartment and renovating while having the main house rented out to a family with one young child. Yesterday I had the property appraised as part of a refinance and found out that the main house was built in 1959. That house was remodeled including paint in 2017 before I bought it but I don't have any proof as to whether the lead paint was ever properly dealt with. What should I do?