N.J. Buyers Beware ! Foreclosed Properties May Have Hidden Oil Tank Environmental Problems !

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep. 5, 2012 - There are currently thousands of foreclosure properties for sale in New Jersey at this time. Many of these property's have either have had heating oil tanks or currently have them buried on site. Many companies recomend a" tank sweep" prior to purchase to identify if there are currently any buried tanks oniste. Property " Tank Sweeps" do not identify possible soil or ground water contamination. With the average residential oil tank remediation cost exceeding $20,000, it may be a wise investment to have soil and ground water testing completed prior to purchase. Some cases the soil contamination was so bad, the entire house had to be moved costing well over $ 200,000. On site contamination may not be the only problem, as the neighbors leaking tank or the gasoline station up the street maybe be contaminating the subject property. Commercial properties such as warehouses, strip malls  and former gasoline stations may also have big environmental problems.

Environmental Systems (depenvirosystems.com) is a ful service environmental company specializing in oil tank removal, site remediation and investigation of contaminated sites including  Environmental Phase I & Phase II Assessements.
A custom taylored site investigation can be design to identify soil and ground water
contamination issues. Many New Jersey bank use Environmental Systems to identify
environmental risk before providing loans on properties.

For further information regarding dite investigation of foreclosed properties please contact Environmental Systems at 732-892-8707.