Buying A Home
~Lily~
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landfill question
Would you consider buying a house that is about 1 mile from a landfill that is closed and has not been used in about 20 years? It now looks like a big mound with dirt and grass. The house would not have well water.
Re: landfill question
We are planning on staying at our next house for 20+ years.
How far do your parents live from the closed landfill? The houses in this area do not have well water, but that doesn't say I'm not concerned about chemicals leeched into the ground.
That would be an issue for me. I wouldn't 100% rule the house out but I would want to do further research on the potential effects. For one thing, wouldn't it smell pretty bad? The chemicals in the ground are another issue. If the house was otherwise perfect I could probably do it but it would give me some pause up front.
Our home is less than a mile from a properly closed and maintained landfill- yes there is still a ton of monitoring going on- and it has been closed for over 20 years. It was also properly managed while an active landfill. We have no issues with our water.
I would buy it only after a lot of research into the history of the landfill.
It depends on what state the landfill is located in, if it was managed properly while it was open, and if there are any odor issues now.
There are some brand new houses that were built on top of an old landfill a few miles away from me (I live in California). Unless they were dirt cheap, I wouldn't buy them because of potential liquefaction during an earthquake. I'd also be really worried about chemicals in the soil even if it all tested clean.
There's also an old landfill a few cities away from me. When the weather is warm, you can smell it from the freeway as you're passing through. The freeway is about a mile away from the old landfill. Not a good smell - and that's with odor control measures.