SC & GA disclosure forms

Septic Inspections for Realtors

Written reports built around the questions the disclosure forms actually ask, turned around to fit your closing date.

Closing-led

Scheduled around your date

Both states

SC and GA disclosure

Written

Report your lender can use

We open it

Tank inspected, not walked

The short answer

Two questions stall more CSRA closings than anything else in septic: how many bedrooms the system was permitted for, and the date of last professional service. The Georgia seller disclosure form asks both, and most sellers cannot answer either. South Carolina Title 27 Chapter 50 requires disclosure of the condition of the sanitary sewage disposal system. Our inspection produces documented answers to all three.

Why your septic inspections keep going sideways

The bedroom count question

It comes off the original permit, not from the seller memory. We pull the record as part of the inspection. If the house has more bedrooms than the permit, better you know at listing than at closing.

The last service date

Georgia asks for it. Almost nobody has it. We provide a written record with date and volume on every pump-out, which becomes the answer for the next sale.

Inspections that were not inspections

If the inspector did not open the tank, nothing meaningful was inspected. A visual walkover of the yard tells you almost nothing about the system.

Turnaround

A report that lands after the contingency deadline is worth nothing to you. Give us the closing date when you book and we schedule to it.

Findings you can negotiate with

A written report that says what failed and what it costs to fix turns a deal-killer into a line item. Take our repair quote elsewhere if you want, we would rather the deal closed.

VA and FHA volume

Fort Eisenhower means a lot of VA financed purchases in Columbia and Richmond counties. Lender expectations around onsite wastewater and well separation come up constantly here.

What the report covers

1
Permit records
Permitted bedroom count and original design where records exist. This is the question the Georgia form asks.
2
Tank condition
Opened and inspected. Sludge and scum depth, baffles, outlet filter, walls, root intrusion.
3
Distribution and lines
Where effluent is going and whether it is distributed evenly.
4
Drainfield evaluation
Surfacing, saturation, vegetation pattern, grading. The early signals as well as the obvious ones.
5
Written report
Condition, findings, service date, permitted bedroom count. In a format your client, your lender and the other agent can all use.

Realtor questions

How fast can you turn around an inspection?

We schedule around closing dates. Tell us the deadline when you book and we will tell you honestly whether we can hit it.

The disclosure form asks how many bedrooms the septic was approved for. How do you find that?

From the original permit held by SCDES in South Carolina or the county health department in Georgia. We check as part of the inspection. It is the single most common reason a septic issue delays a CSRA closing.

Do you inspect on both sides of the river?

Yes. Tier 3 licensed in South Carolina, certified in Georgia.

What if the system fails?

You get a written explanation of what failed and what it takes to fix. That turns a surprise into a negotiation. We can quote the repair and you are entirely free to take that quote elsewhere.

Do you offer priority scheduling for agents?

Yes. Agents who send us regular work get scheduled first, because we know your deadlines are real.

Should the inspection include a pump-out?

Usually yes. It is better value bundled, it gives a clearer view of the tank, and it produces the service record the disclosure form asks for.