Should a Purchaser of a Home Include a Mold and Radon Inspection in their Contract?

 

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Should a purchaser of a home include a mold and radon inspection in their contract?  The answer is is most contracts in Florida, particularly the ones that are drafted on a Florida far-bar contract provide for radon disclosure and there could be a mold addendum attached to the contract.  And the purchaser routinely has an inspection period.  So if you’re concerned about mold or radon, well then you simply need to employ your home inspector to inspect the air quality of the home during your inspection period, which sometimes are as short as 10 days or 15 days.

 

So you need to think about that before you sign the contract, get in touch with an inspector who does do air quality testing.  And that way if you find that there is problems with the air quality you can then make the decision as to whether or not you want to proceed with the sale, the purchase, or terminate the contract and or see how much it would cost to remediate any kind of air quality problems and reduce it to a financial or a numerical number.  So if it’s you’re buying a $300,000.00 home, it’s going to cost you $400.00 or $500.00 to take care remediating the problem, well that’s not the end of the world and you can probably negotiate that out with the seller of the property.

 

So also as far as radon is concerned, I haven’t seen a lot of radon in the west Florida area in and around the Tampa Bay area but if that is a concern then you could, I suggest you do have a radon test done.  They do have these little kits but I’m not sure how accurate they are and I’m not even, I don’t even know anyone that tests for radon.  I think they come in with Geiger counters and you’re supposed to close the property up for a certain number of days.  But any tests that you have if you’re concerned about air quality or any problems with a home, well you need to make arrangements for the testing before you sign the contract so you can get it done within the inspection period so that you can get out of the contract if you need be or negotiate it.

 

So if you have any questions about purchasing a home and need any guidance, well give me a call at 727-847-2288.

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Jaleh Piran-Vesseh – What Areas of Law do you Practice?

 

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Hi, my name is Jaleh Piran-Vesseh, and I am an Associate Attorney here at the Law Firm of Waller and Mitchell.  I have been here for two years as an Associate Attorney and the areas of law that I practice are predominantly Foreclosure Litigation, both Plaintiffs and Defense work, Guardianship Administration, Elder Law, Medicaid Planning, and Real Estate Litigation.

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Jaleh Piran-Vesseh – What Legal Training do you have?

 

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The legal training that I have stems from my time at Stetson University College of Law, where I graduated with a Juris Doctorate degree.  I also have legal training in the fields of Foreclosure Defense, specifically, as well as Elder Law in Medicaid planning, and also in the Administration of Guardianship’s.

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Jaleh Piran-Vesseh – What made you want to be a Lawyer?

 

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Oftentimes, clients will ask me, “What made you want to be a lawyer?” and I hold that very dear to my heart, because for me, as a small child, I always knew that I wanted to help people.  From an early age, I decided that being a Lawyer was the best possible way for me to accomplish this goal.


 

And so, the best part for me of being an Attorney is seeing the impact that I am able to make on my clients’ lives in a positive way, and sometimes, in not positive situations that they’re unfortunately in, tends to be the best part of being a Lawyer and the reason why I decided to get into this field, practice.

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Jaleh Piran-Vesseh – What are some Highlights of your Career?

 

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The biggest highlight of my career thus far was assisting one of our elderly clients with saving her home.  This particular individual was in her SC.  She had been married for many, many years.  I think almost 40 years, to be exact, and her husband had recently passed away.


In the situation, her husband was the one, their entire marriage who took care of the finances, and the bills, and made sure that everything was taken care of.  So, this woman, she came to me, and she was being foreclosed on, and she was completely distraught and didn’t know which way to turn, having lost her husband and also now facing losing her home.


 

So, this woman, I was able to successfully modify her loan, save her home, have the foreclosure lawsuit dismissed, and she is still in her home to this day, the home that she has owned now more than 40 years.  So that was probably the biggest highlight of my career, and seeing the biggest difference that I made in her life, because she was so grateful, and every time she came in, she gave me a hug, and she was just over the moon that we were able to do that for her.  That was definitely the biggest highlight of my career thus far.

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