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Letter Re: Information Security Considerations When Selling a House with "Special Features"
James
May I give an anecdote about being very careful about the hidden value/risk
of shelters and other preparations when selling a property.
In Portland, Oregon a person I know purchased a property which after closing
was revealed to have a medium sized manhole entry type fallout shelter in the
back
yard.
This person was quite annoyed to have what he considered a dangerous hole and
had it filled in by a cement pumper and the doors and frame broken away and
sodded over, after documenting the total costs he filed a lawsuit against the
seller for reducing his property value by not disclosing the shelter. The buyer
was raised in a British Commonwealth country and considered survivalist preps
to be an American illness. You can expect many Americans to share this opinion
and they may consider you strange or paranoid. So, for some buyers, you might
unfortunately see your expensive preparations
become
liability
when
selling a property. - David in Israel.
