Flex Condo | Automobile Work / Gas Cans / Motor Oil Present | enviromental assessment?
We did a walk through on a 5,400 sq. ft flex condo that we want to purchase as an owner / user.

I have not been through an environmental assessment.

In the 2,000 sq. ft. warehouse the owner has two old cars and a bunch of motor oil, gas cans, various petroleum car stuff (they were in race car promotions; didn't fix cars, but some light auto work was done in the warehouse -- like tuning up a promotional go kart, etc.).

The warehouse is scattered with all this stuff and the owner is in Texas; unit is in IL.  Knowing the seller they aren't going to want to clear out their stuff until the sale is finalized.

Am I being paranoid that an environmental assessment (which is required by the SBA 504 lender), could turn into a Phase II if they find a bunch of stuff in the warehouse that looks like people were working on cars?

I've brought this up with the seller broker to get the flippin' gas cans and petrol products out of the space, and she thought I was a lunatic, but am I crazy?
[{"id": "iru52hv", "text": "Unlikely they would require a Phase II unless there is extensive staining. Small cans aren't going to trigger one. Get under contract and seller will be more likely to make it disappear when your Phase I visit is scheduled.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]