Lakewood As-Is Sales: Flood and Property Disclosures

Selling your Lakewood home as is does not remove disclosure duties. New Jersey's official disclosure instructions require residential sellers to complete property condition questions before a purchaser becomes obligated under a contract. The flood section also requires address-specific checks. Use the NJDEP Flood Risk Notification Tool for your property rather than assuming the whole neighborhood has the same designation. Gather any records of leaks, water intrusion, repairs, flood claims or drainage problems so the answers reflect what you actually know. A map result does not erase a known history of flooding.

If you inherited the property and lack its maintenance records, distinguish an unknown answer from a known absence of problems. Ask your attorney how to complete uncertain items accurately; do not automatically mark every answer no. Give the disclosure process time before agreeing to a contract deadline. A buyer's inspection or lender report does not replace the seller's statement. The agreement can allocate repair responsibilities, subject to applicable requirements, but cannot make known history disappear. See the Lakewood as-is guide for the related permit and certification steps.