Last week I was meeting with a client about selling their home in the northwest area of Washington County, and I again ran into issues with LP (Louisiana Pacific) siding.  For those not familiar with these issues, starting about in the mid 80's several wood products manufacturers came out with "look alike" cedar horizontal siding substitutes to take the place of cedar.  These for the most part were man made particle board and glue combinations and looked great.  For various reasons, some - not all - of them started to delaminate causing rot and fungus to grow inside the siding, and the siding to fail.  In some cases there were class action lawsuits over several years amounting to several million dollars to settle these cases - yet I keep running into houses with the bad siding on them where the sellers never knew about the issue, or the claims.  
 
If you are thinking about selling a home in the Portland Oregon area in the near future, please do research this at our site under "Recommended Links" at www.RobLevy.com and check and see what type of siding you have, and if you need to deal with it.  If you are buying a home here, and we are representing your interests, be sure to get a full home inspection and talk to us about the siding issues.  If there are any concerns, we can get a siding expert to evaluate and suggest remedies for the home, whether that be residing the house, or treating what is already there.