Selling a House with Asbestos in Scranton PA?

We’re the leading cash homebuyer in Scranton with a record of making fair offers on properties and closing quickly.

Here are the benefits you get:

1. You sell quick
2. You sell for cash
3. You sell “AS IS”
4. No extra expenses
5. No endless showings
6. No waiting months for a buyer

We put this in writing, and have a long list of satisfied homeowners who have sold to us and received cash for their homes.

And we pay your closing costs. That’s significant savings for the seller!

Yes, you have to declare asbestos when selling a house.

While a special asbestos disclosure when selling a house isn’t required, the state-mandated property disclosure includes a question about asbestos.

You can sell a home with asbestos siding, but the presence of siding must also be disclosed on the state-mandated form.

If asbestos siding was covered with aluminum or other materials over the years after the home was constructed, that doesn’t exempt the homeowner from disclosing the asbestos as one of the sidings.

The Easy Way:

1. Contact us for a free cash offer on your house, and we’ll come to make a cash offer.
2. If you accept our offer, we’ll open escrow and close within an average of 3-30 days.
3. We’ll pay your closing costs, and you’ll receive cash for your house.

The Hard Way:

1. Interview real estate agents to locate one who has experience in listing and marketing houses with asbestos.
2. List the house and complete the property disclosure listing the areas where your house has asbestos.
3. Market the house. This might include numerous open houses where your house is open to the public.
4. Find a buyer and negotiate an offer.
5. Open your house to home inspectors. The reports generated after these inspections may mean your buyer wants to renegotiate the sales contract.
6. Wait for your buyer to locate a mortgage company and to qualify for a loan.
7. Wait for your buyer to find a hazard insurance company and file the paperwork for coverage.
8. Wait for the lender to send an appraiser to assess your house and hope the appraisal matches with the sales price.
9. Wait for the lender’s underwriter to approve the buyer’s loan.
10. Close escrow and pay your agent’s commission and all of your closing costs.

Yes, unfortunately for homeowners in Scranton, selling a house with asbestos pipes, pipe wrap, siding, drywall, ceiling or floor tiles, or insulation is extremely difficult.

Asbestos use was common in the construction industry from the 1930s into the 1970s.

It was inexpensive to use and was a popular way to insulate homes because it was a fire retardant.

Homebuyers now avoid buying houses with asbestos.

Pennsylvania home inspectors are trained to identify possible sources of asbestos in the home when doing property inspections.

Asbestos now is a known carcinogen that requires an extremely expensive specialized process and trained personnel to remove it from a residence.

When done incorrectly, the removal sends asbestos particles throughout the house.

Most knowledgeable homebuyers don’t want homes with the presence of asbestos.

We’re extremely knowledgeable about asbestos and have experience following legal guidelines to remove it.

We’re still interested in making an offer on your house, even if it still has all of the original asbestos building materials in place.

Contact us for a free cash offer. You’re under absolutely no obligation to sell to us by requesting an offer.