davis_square | Lead inspections disclosure rules during purchase... (Reply)

I thought I would run this by the community, and perhaps a real estate agent or lawyer will have some background to share. We recently had an offer accepted on a condo near Porter, and after the offer was accepted, while checking online, discovered that the unit had previous lead paint inspections that found violations, apparently during the previous owner's watch.

The current sellers and their agent had specifically indicated there were no disclosures. Our understanding is that according to the law they had to disclose to us the results of the lead tests. It seems that either the previous owner failed to disclose the results to them (and they didn't try hard to find the public record on their building), or they knew about the tests but failed to disclose them to us; in either case, it seems someone was breaking the rules.

We have decided not to purchase the condo, but wonder if there is something we can do to help ensure that such lead paint violations are disclosed.

Any experiences with this would be of interest.