I have a few real estate questions for the state of Washington, can you help me?

1. If a house has been busted as a meth lab and is now for sale (after the county has cleaned and inspected it to be safe and legal for sale) How would that affect future re-sale and the title of the property?

2. This same property has many outbuilding a barn, a shop, two snow sheds and two cabins, the two cabins were tested as well for meth. Can the county force you to clean it up right after purchasing the property? (tear down the cabins that were also tested and deamed safe for sale)

3. If a remodel was done and the property cleaned up, could the value of the property be raised even though it says it had been a "meth lab"?

I am doing some research on a house and I need help with the following questions. If you know where I can get the following answers, I'd appreciate that too. I've tried calling the county but they are hard to get ahold of, so I"m doing research on my own time. Please and thank you!

2011-04-18T07:30:46Z

One more question! sorry! if the main house and outbuildings torn down, would you still have to notify future buyers of the meth lab? would doing this (tearing everything down) still affect the value of the property?

Landlord2011-04-18T08:53:48Z

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1) yes, the value will alwyas be lower.

2) yes, if there is a permit problem, safety problem, etc.

3) won't change its history.

Additional. you always have to inform. the value is the ground, and you can't change that.

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Anonymous2011-04-18T07:35:24Z

Once a property is a meth lab, its ALWAYS a meth lab, at least in the eyes of a potential buyer. If your looking for a rehab project, look for one with a clean history that just hasn't been maintained very well for a while.

Its kind of the same as a manufactured (mobile) home. No matter how nice you make it, you'll never get rid of the fact that it had wheels at one time, and it will always be a trailer in the eyes of a buyer.

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