Checklist for Passing Detroit Rental Registration Lead Hazard Inspection & Risk Assessment

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Checklist for Passing Detroit Rental Registration
Lead Hazard Inspection Risk Assessment
1888 Press Release - Got Lead? If your house was
built before 1979 chances are you do. What you
need to know to pass the inspection and get your
Lead Paint Clearance. Get it right the first
time. Inside tips from Licensed Lead Paint
Inspector Pre Closing Inspection - 313.920.3276
Call Us for Special Pricing Today. Almost all of
the houses in Cities like Detroit, Pontiac and
Redford are old housing stock built way before
1979. Detroit officials have a task force and
they're on the hunt for landlords who haven't
properly registered their rental properties. The
registration process requires you to get your
property inspected for lead based paint. So here
are some inside tips on what you need to know so
you can pass the inspection the first time and
get your rental registration compliance
certificate from the City of Detroit. Pre Closing
Inspection has licensed Lead Hazard Inspectors
here to help you so here are some tips from our
Chief Inspector Shawn Reed- First and foremost,
no one expects the house to be Lead Paint Free.
Given the age of the house that would be an
extremely expensive task. However, some of the
things you need to know so you can pass the
inspection and make your rental property in
Detroit "Lead Safe" 1. Make sure you don't have
any chipping or peeling paint. If you do get a
qualified painter to stabilize the surface and
make sure you don't just paint over cracking or
peeling paint. Lead Inspectors are looking for
unstable painted surfaces, so any chipping paint
presents a potential hazard if it turns out to
test positive for Lead. 2. Check your window
troughs, also referred to as widow wells. This is
the area where the lower half of the window slams
down and locks into place. These areas are
notorious for harboring lead based paint
particles because they often get skipped over
when the subject property is painted. Usually
vinyl windows come back fine, it's the old wood
windows that will cause you to fail. If you've
got cracking or peeling paint find a qualified
professional to stabilize these surfaces if you
need to. If you don't have any unstable paint but
you've got dust, grab the shop vac and suck all
that dust out of there, then using hot water and
soap wash the windows wells down. Make them
spotless. You'll thank me for it later. 3.
Floors- wash the floors with hot water and soap
before the inspector arrives. Part of the
inspection process requires the inspector to
sample a 12"x12" section in each room and hallway
throughout the entire home.
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There's no telling where the inspector may sample
from so be prepared and make sure the floors are
clean. This helps to cut down on any dust wipe
samples coming back positive. Especially tile or
hardwood floors. If you've got carpet this
usually isn't an issue. 4. Door jambs at the
front, side and back door entrances. For some
reason these always get looked over in what we
call the paint history. Look these areas over
very carefully from top to bottom and if you find
chipping and peeling paint, make sure it's not
there when the inspector arrives. These are just
a few pointers and we've got plenty more. Call us
today and throw some questions at us, we're here
to help you. A Special Note to Landlords we
understand the math behind what you're trying to
do and what you're up against. Property taxes are
around 3,000 per year, insurance is another
1,000 to 1,400 per year, that new carpet you
had to install along with the furnace repairs
another 1,000 to 2,000 plus you had to pay an
attorney on that last tenant and you're only
getting about 750 per month in rent. The
expenses go on and on, and now you've got to pay
the City of Detroit fees for inspections plus the
fee for the lead hazard inspection and risk
assessment. You're lucky if you clear a couple
thousand off the house this year. We get it and
Pre Closing Inspection is willing to work with
you to get you through to the finish line. So
call us at 313.920.3276 or go to
www.preclosinginspection.com to get a FREE quote.