Buying a home in New Jersey? A tank sweep scans the property with metal detection and ground-penetrating radar to find buried oil tanks — including ones nobody disclosed and nobody remembers. It is the cheapest insurance in the entire transaction.
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A professional tank sweep typically runs about $250-$500 depending on property size and the technology used. Compared to the cost of removing a tank — or remediating a leaking one you unknowingly bought — it is one of the best-value checks in a New Jersey home purchase.
You will know before you own the problem. Buyers typically negotiate for the seller to remove the tank or credit the cost before closing, and a sweep report gives your attorney exactly the documentation needed to raise it. If you already own the home, the report is the starting point for removal or abandonment quotes.
Usually about an hour on site for a typical residential property, with the written report following shortly after. Sweeps can almost always be scheduled inside standard inspection windows.
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