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| Q. I have lived in the county (Madison) for six years. I have a well and septic tank but city water is now available on my street. Will I have to hook onto the city water before I can sell my house? Doug in Harvest | |
| A. NO
- is the short answer to your question.
However, if you ask, "Should I connect to city
water?"
1. Increasing your pool of potential buyers.
It is probable that the purchaser of your property will want to obtain
financing on the property. If they want to obtain a government loan
such as VA or HUD loans, or most types of conforming conventional loans,
the lender will require that the property be connected to public water
supplies, if it
2. Reason number 2. Assuming that water from your well tests as being of good quality (likely since well water sometimes is of better quality than public water), and almost all purchasers will require that the well be tested. This testing often will be the responsibility of the seller. Depending upon the type of testing done, this can sometimes be as expensive as connecting to the public water system. 3. Perception. Many of today's younger and
more urban population have never experienced the pleasure of having a cool
drink of fresh water from a well or spring. All they have ever experienced
is the heavily processed product from an urban water supply. They
do not know what
Finally, if you were to ask me the correct course
of action, I would recommend connecting to the public water system and
also leave my well system in place. There are several economical
ways to do this. You have then turned what may have been perceived
by the public as a negative
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