rpowell
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hello guys/girls,
My wife and I are first time home buyers. We have found a property we are going to purchase. During the septic inspection, I was told that the results were "Satisfactory with concerns". In NJ, there needs to be a minimum of 12" of clearance. When the inspector had the top off and did the camera inspection, he measured three different times that it had 15" of clearance. He told me that by NJ State standards, it is a passing system. He did however say that 15" of space does not give the system much life left.
The system is for a 3 bedroom, however my wife and I will be the only ones living there. Is there any way to predict the life expectancy of the septic? We would like to ask our attorney to see if the sellers would take some money off of the house to go toward repairs. Now the sellers have every right to decline since the system did indeed pass. Now we need to figure out approx. how long it will last us because buying a house we will have little expendable income for the next few years and a 20-30K septic system is a lot to bite off for a young couple only a short time into their new home.
Thank you in advance for your time and advice. I look forward to becoming an active member in this forum as we are going to be a little *cough* house poor*cough* and if any work can be done myself, I'm going to try to take that avenue.
My wife and I are first time home buyers. We have found a property we are going to purchase. During the septic inspection, I was told that the results were "Satisfactory with concerns". In NJ, there needs to be a minimum of 12" of clearance. When the inspector had the top off and did the camera inspection, he measured three different times that it had 15" of clearance. He told me that by NJ State standards, it is a passing system. He did however say that 15" of space does not give the system much life left.
The system is for a 3 bedroom, however my wife and I will be the only ones living there. Is there any way to predict the life expectancy of the septic? We would like to ask our attorney to see if the sellers would take some money off of the house to go toward repairs. Now the sellers have every right to decline since the system did indeed pass. Now we need to figure out approx. how long it will last us because buying a house we will have little expendable income for the next few years and a 20-30K septic system is a lot to bite off for a young couple only a short time into their new home.
Thank you in advance for your time and advice. I look forward to becoming an active member in this forum as we are going to be a little *cough* house poor*cough* and if any work can be done myself, I'm going to try to take that avenue.
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