As they prepared to put their Wyckoff home on the market, Dawn and Richard Schollin followed their real estate agent’s advice to have the septic system inspected. Bad news: Under state rules, the system was obsolete and had to be replaced — an undertaking that tore up the Schollins’ front and rear yards and took more than 10 weeks. It wasn’t cheap, either. “By the time we were done, it cost us $35,000,” said Dawn Schollin, a retired school media specialist.
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