Renovation records

Definition

The federal file a restoration firm keeps whenever it touches pre-1978 housing.

Why It Matters

A firm performing renovation on target housing must retain, and produce to the federal regulator on request, all records needed to show compliance for three years after the job. Firm certification itself expires no more than five years from approval. The mold half varies by state and the threshold is the thing to ask about: one state requires a remediation notification once contamination reaches twenty-five contiguous square feet. What no primary source addresses is what a SALE does to any of it, so the transfer of these files belongs in the purchase agreement instead of being assumed.