{"id":10494,"date":"2024-06-05T06:52:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T13:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=10494"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:31:53","slug":"selling-a-house-with-asbestos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/selling-a-house-with-asbestos\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling A House With Asbestos? 10 Things You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to sell! You\u2019re looking forward to finding your new home, but likely worried about getting top dollar for your current home. A lot can go wrong \u2014 will it close on time? What will the home inspection find? What if you miss out on your dream home while you wait for a buyer? But if you are selling an older home, you may have another worry \u2014 asbestos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"geo-cta widget-cta widget-cta--content     widget-cta--dark widget-cta--dark-blue-gradient\">\n    <div class=\"widget-element--content\">\n        <div class=\"widget-element--content-header\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"homelight logo\" class=\"widget-element--logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/ccprototypev5\/images\/logo-small-cta.png\" width=\"106\" height=\"25\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n        \n                <h3 class=\"cta-headline widget--bold\">Skip Major Repairs and Request a Cash Offer<\/h3>\n                        <p>Does your home need a lot of work? Consider requesting a cash offer and selling &#8220;as is.&#8221; HomeLight provides cash offers for homes in almost any condition through our Simple Sale platform.<\/p>\n        \n                <div class=\"widget-element--buttons\">\n            <a data-type=\"In Content CTA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/simple-sale\/quiz#\/qaas=0\/\" class=\"cta-click-track widget-element--button\">Request Offer<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/agents\/laura-mckenna-ma-0000049072\">Laura McKenna<\/a> is an experienced agent in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/west-concord-ma\/housing-market\">West Concord, Massachusetts<\/a>, an area with older housing stock where asbestos is common.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes the owners have been in the home for decades and they don\u2019t know,\u201d she says, \u201cBut I can kind of tell by the size of tile in their utility room, or the size and designs on the tiles, that there\u2019s likely asbestos in the house.\u201d Applying her 40 years of real estate experience, McKenna knows to bring it up early with her sellers because she doesn\u2019t want the transaction to fall through later on.<\/p>\n<p>If you know, or suspect, that your home might contain asbestos, you\u2019ll need a strategy to deal with it during your home sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re selling a house with asbestos, here\u2019s what you need to know, from disclosure requirements to removal options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":10495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[321,428],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attract-buyers","category-home-inspections"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Selling A House With Asbestos? 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