buying a house with septic tank system

We're interested in a house that has a septic tank system.
The house is from early 70s.

I know it would have to be upgraded but thereafter how much maintenance would it need and what kind of cost would we be looking at?
What could initial costs be? Apart from the maintenance costs what other considerations would there be?

I like your board name!!! You need to give a lot more detail, are you specifically asking about the house or the septic tank and are you sure there is an actual septic tank in situ?

noah

Hi babydays,

Budget for complete replacement and you may need to do some groundwork around the percolation area(s).
Thereafter the costs and running costs will tend to vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
There are some threads on AAM about such systems of which this is a small sample.

http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=3000
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=159948
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=97583
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=76533

This post in particular may be relevant to your position.

http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showpost.php?p=1198640&postcount=2


FWIW

ONQ.

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