The official contract to sell the house has been signed and delivered to our realtor. The house officially goes live on the MLS listings on March 13. Our last day of work is March 12. Brian felt more comfortable having the house go live on the 13th, which is fine for me. Having to keep the house in perfect order for showings is a big pain. I've always found housework to be a tedious task, but having a house that isn't clean or in order makes me an emotional wreck. I can't even fall asleep at night knowing that the house has past it's prime of cleanliness.
Many times I have left baking pans in the sink to soak overnight and the first thing I do when I wake up (even before my first cup of coffee) is to wash them, and if I left a load of clean dishes in the dishwasher overnight that has to be put away as well before the first sip of freshly brewed coffee meanders through my body to start my brain functioning and kick my senses into a new day. How could days ever begin if there was no coffee?
Along with the contract to sell the house, we also completed the seller's disclosure. Just your typical disclosure except for one added thing. I'm wondering if this is added by Colorado state law because in Florida and Louisiana this one line item was not part of the disclosure when we sold houses there in years past.........maybe times have evolved and I'm just not aware that this is such a problem that it is now included in seller's disclosures.
Section M, Line 5 states:
"Property was previously used as a methamphetamine laboratory and not remediated to state standards."
I answered no of course, but the way it's stated, does that mean I could have been using this house as a meth lab as long as I have cleaned the house according to state guidelines? Are former meth lab houses abundant on the real estate market? If you see a house with a selling price too good to be true -- beware!!
That meth clause is in Louisiana contracts and leases now, also for rental disclosures. Maybe every state? I found out about this when I was joking with a friend who had a "squatter" in a property he leases and he wanted to get that person out. I jokingly said someone could leave some meth lab supplies and call the police afterward, but he said no, that would forever be connected with that property - he would have to disclose it repeatedly. I don't know what consequences there are (special cleanup, etc.).
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