Question for you homeowners. Will the town catch me? (Cliffs inside)

Squall Leonhart said:
The seller does not have to fix it by law. The buyer does. She priced it down for the cost of the septic, though. The houses around me of similar size are selling for about 50k more than mine did.
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If you have the resources (and time) to reasonably argue this in a court of law, then by all means you can rawk out with your cawk out.

Ive just found that usually gubbmint entities have deeper pockets and the ability to throw your ass in jail while trying to sort things like this out. It all comes down to which is more cost effective IMO.
 
If I were you I'd pay to get it replaced. You're hoping they just forget about it, but the town only has 35,000 people. So that means maybe a few hundred houses are sold per year? It's not that much to keep track of. Besides, it's all computerized now, so your sale date went into their computer and in a year you'll pop up on some kind of automated list.

It's not like there's some 80 year old lady that's just supposed to remember you bought the place a year ago. Unless you know for a fact that the fine is very small, then I wouldn't risk it.
 
If they don't follow up with you on their own, the town will catch on to you when you go to sell the property in the future. At that time you may want to do the upgrade for no other reason than to actually find a buyer.
 
You own the shell of a possible successful haunted house. I say take advantage of it. ESPECIALLY if you find business outside of the halloween season.
 
Plus you got a discount on the property BECAUSE of the cesspool. Basically the fact that you needed to do this was built into the price. So you really need to change your mindset. You're not "spending" this money on a septic system. You already spent it when you agreed to buy the house. It's gone. Quit stressing about it.
 
Squall Leonhart said:
The seller does not have to fix it by law. The buyer does. She priced it down for the cost of the septic, though. The houses around me of similar size are selling for about 50k more than mine did.
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Here is something that will likely answer your question. How long did the person before you own the property? When did the law/ordinance get passed that says the buyer has to do it within one year? Obviously if that person bought it after that law/ordinance was passed, then they don't follow up worth a shit.

Also, was anyone from the county plan commission/zoning ordinance committee notified of your sale and the fact that there is not a septic? It would be something pretty easy to follow up on if so.
 
Fedorgasm said:
Plus you got a discount on the property BECAUSE of the cesspool. Basically the fact that you needed to do this was built into the price. So you really need to change your mindset. You're not "spending" this money on a septic system. You already spent it when you agreed to buy the house. It's gone. Quit stressing about it.
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It's not that much either. Probably less than what you are thinking. I'm cheap.
 
Oblivian said:
Here is something that will likely answer your question. How long did the person before you own the property? When did the law/ordinance get passed that says the buyer has to do it within one year? Obviously if that person bought it after that law/ordinance was passed, then they don't follow up worth a shit.

Also, was anyone from the county plan commission/zoning ordinance committee notified of your sale and the fact that there is not a septic? It would be something pretty easy to follow up on if so.
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The person was there since 1962 lol.

And as to your last point, probably? I could ask the realtor.
 
Squall Leonhart said:
The person was there since 1962 lol.

And as to your last point, probably? I could ask the realtor.
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It will all depend on your jurisdiction. I work in the real estate industry and work with the planning commission here. They don't even have close to enough time or manpower to monitor something like that.

Edit: Don't procrastinate too much though. My neighbor is procrastinating as well.
 
Coconut Joe said:
TS in a month:
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My septic tank is required to be pumped and the drainfield system checked every 3 years. The county sends out a letter and another if the septic company doesn't send the paperwork soon enough. Is there any chance that there will be a sewer system installed soon? I don't see how a town of 35,000 can avoid it. Towns of 1200 residents have them around here.

Tell them you're waiting for a sewer system. Many places with septic systems only put toilet water in the systems and use the other water on lawns. Especially the washing machine which is likely the biggest water use in the house.
 
Oblivian said:
It will all depend on your jurisdiction. I work in the real estate industry and work with the planning commission here. They don't even have close to enough time or manpower to monitor something like that.

Edit: Don't procrastinate too much though. My neighbor is procrastinating as well.
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So you think that the 1 year mark will come and go without a notice? The DEM guy said "it would be a charge of the septic installation plus a fine"
 
You're going to have to fix it eventually, or end up paying for it when you sell the house by having to lower the price like she did

You might as well fix it now rather than letting a bunch of shit pool up in your backyard
 
May as well be safe and than sorry, someone would find out and would cost you the penalty plus cost of fixing so would prob be cheaper to go ahead and get it out of the way and that way no extra money and can be forgotten about instead of putting it off
 
Personally rather not have a pool of feces in my backyard but that's just me, maybe I'm fancy.
 
Glad I own a house that I don't have to worry about this shit.
 
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TS crawled through a river of shit...and came out clean on the other side.
 
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