
COVID Homebuyers Face 90-Day Deadline Smoke Detector Inspections
Anyone who bought a home in Massachusetts since the start of the coronavirus pandemic now faces a countdown clock to get their homes’ smoke and carbon monoxide detectors inspected.
Anyone who bought a home in Massachusetts since the start of the coronavirus pandemic now faces a countdown clock to get their homes’ smoke and carbon monoxide detectors inspected.
As fire departments began suspending inspections, over 13,000 transactions were pending a closing, many of which needed a smoke and carbon monoxide detector certificate of compliance.
Amid fears a halt in legally-required smoke and carbon monoxide detector inspections would cause the residential real estate market to seize up, Gov. Charlie Baker has issued an executive order waiving this requirement under certain conditions.