AboutHans Weber, Licensed Broker Associate Expertise I am able to answer questions related to buying or selling residential real estate in New York. There are many questions buyers and sellers have about the process of buying or selling a home that they are afraid to ask or that might seem too simple to ask. For instance: in a house, why do some doors open in and some doors open out?
Experience Licensed real estate agent in New York State in 1988.
Serving buyers and sellers as a full time occupation since 1988 with over 300 successful residential real estate transactions.
Organizations National Association of Realtors.
Westchester County Board of Realtors.
Education/Credentials Graduate of Pace University in 1988 majoring in business and minors in taxation and computer science.
Awards and Honors Consistently one of top sales awarding winning agents for Coldwell Banker in Westchester County.
Question I live in New Jersey and own a home built in the 1930's. My front steps are not "Built To Code" and a friend told me when I try to sell, I will have to replace the steps because a Mortgage would not be given to the prospective buyer. Can you tell me if that is true.
Answer Hi Lou,
Thank you for your question.
If your steps are unchanged from when they were built to code in the 1930's then your steps should predate current building codes and would be grandfathered. In some cases the building departments will require bringing grandfathered items up to current code when building alterations are made.
That should not interfere with getting a mortgage. Sometimes the homeowners' insurance companies will have issues with steps among other things. Three steps or more could require a railing.
Just curious, what is wrong with your front steps?
