I have a question. We are in the process of purchasing our first home and have gotten through the inspection. Let me preface this by saying that the house we are purchasing is an "updated" home from 1882 and we fell in love with it. So this house is definitely OLD.

This will be our first home and we plan to raise our new family in this home. We were hoping to close at the end of Feb, when our child will be about 2 months old.

The inspection went through and came back with 2 problems - lead paint (which isn't a big problem, because there are several non-lead coats of paint over it) and asbestos siding. I'm more concerned about the fact that there is asbestos in the house.

The inspector and real estate agent keep reassuring us that the asbestos siding was common in older homes built before 1970 and that it was a "non-friable" asbestos, meaning that it would not be airborne unless we ripped it apart somehow.

That's all fine and dandy, but now my second thought is RESALE. Would people be completely deterred about a home with asbestos??

Thoughts? We still have time to get out of the home purchase I believe.