Asbestos siding

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Should I be concerned that a SFH we are about to make an offer on has asbestos siding? We are going to use this as a rental unit.

BAM Properties

[William Westfall]

Well, first post here and I think I may be able to help. :)

I owned an older home and it too had asbestos siding. I was looking to re-side it in vinyl siding and started going through the proper channels to do the job right. My local inspector came out to look at the job and asked why did I want to remove it? I said because I thought I had too. I was wrong. The inspector said to side over it and DO NOT REMOVE IT. Well, I applied for the permit to install the siding, hired a contractor do to the work and everything went smooth.

Moral of the story, check with your local offials on the proper way to deal with this stuff. You never know, you might be walking away from a great rehab home.