1st Inspect Offers Neighborhood Environmental Report
Health Report on Your Home Now Available for Residential Properties
Coppell, TX (Dec 17, 2007) -- Consumers preparing to buy or sell a home, as well as existing homeowners, now have the opportunity to conduct an even more thorough inspection of a property that will help them protect their health and investment. 1st Inspect a premier provider of home inspection services in the region, announces it now offers the EDR Neighborhood Environmental Report™ among its property inspection services. Developed exclusively for home buyers and sellers, the EDR Neighborhood Environmental Report™ identifies potential environmental risks such as leaking underground tanks, landfills and toxic waste sites on or near a property that may threaten a family’s health or the value of their investment.
Developed by Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR), the leading national provider of environmental risk information, the comprehensive, easy to read report is being offered to meet growing demand for pre-purchase information for real estate agents, loan brokers, real estate professionals, and home-buyers and sellers in the U.S. The reports are generated from the largest collection of local, state, federal and proprietary environmental records in the U.S. and provide important information on known and potential contamination that exists on or in the vicinity of a property.
"1st Inspect is very excited to work with EDR to provide this valuable service to real estate professionals, home-buyers and home sellers," said Rodney Livermore, Professional Inspector #7996 of 1st Inspect. "While the reports most often give a property” a clean bill of health, real estate professionals and home-buyers are always much better off uncovering any potential environmental issues up front, as opposed to retroactively addressing a problem after a sale has been completed. “As EDR-Certified home inspectors, we are able to provide the follow up assistance and guidance consumers need to resolve any issues the report may reveal,” Livermore said.
Neighborhood Environmental Reports cover the entire U.S. and provide records of contamination that could cause serious health problems as well as property devaluation. Homes that are contaminated often show no visible signs of the dangers they pose to residents through toxic air, water or soil problems. Examples of issues the report screens for include leaking underground storage tanks, landfills, defense sites, hazardous waste sites, Superfund sites and former meth-amphetamine ("meth") drug laboratories.
"For nearly 20 years, environmental information has been a part of commercial real estate transactions. EDR has now created a report for consumers in response to the growing trend of residential buyers wanting or even expecting increasing amounts of information before making important decisions; whether purchasing a car, making a health-related decision or investing in a home," said Robert Barber, CEO of EDR. "Part of this 'due diligence' trend is an increasing demand for expertly prepared environmental information."
