Homes with LP Weyerhaeuser and Masonite siding in the Seattle area can be a problem if you are buying one or selling one.
Many tract homebuilders used these siding products 12 - 20 years ago in the Northwest.
Weathering and lack of maintenance of this material will cause it to delaminate and crumble leading to it having to be replaced.
The cost to replace siding in the Pacific Northwest is about $10,000 for a typical 2500 square foot home.
This include new builders paper and new James Hardieplank fiber cement siding Or equivalent siding like CertainTeed Weatherboard.
Beware if you are you looking at buying a home in Bellevue, Shoreline, Lynnwood, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah or Seattle with LP Masonite or Weyerhaeuser siding on it.
Here is what you need to do in my opinion to make the deal work for you instead of against you.
One if you are buying one of these homes you need to just factor in the cost to replacing the siding when you are making your purchasing decision this siding is not Just a simple fix it will have to be replaced and the best time for you to get it fixed is when the seller is going to pay to get it fixed.
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Siding prior to closing the deal this will save you a bundle because if you order inspections and appraisals that you will be spending hundreds of dollars on and they will always find issue with these product making it hard to get a loan and possible wasting all the money and time you have invested in the property to that point.
If you negotiate the siding upfront then it is a non-issue and you can be confident that this issue is has been resolved.
If you are selling a home and you know you have any of these siding products please call a Seattle siding contractor and get 3 bids for your siding replacement.
You will save both you and your real estate agent a lot of time and energy by addressing the problem up front.
I go out and bid a lot of homes that many buyers walk away from because of the potential siding problems that exist.
The other thing that I see is buyers asking sellers for way more money than it will take to fix the siding.
He most common fix is installing new Hardiplank siding for about $10,000 This takes about 2 weeks to complete.