Under New Jersey law, most rentals need a current lead paint inspection. Skip it and you risk fines, lawsuits, and a property you can't legally rent. We do the inspection, issue the certificate, and hand you the paperwork your municipality wants. Statewide. Usually within a week.
Most NJ rentals built before 1978 fall under the state's lead-safe certification rules. Property owners are required to get the property inspected on a cycle defined by the state, fix anything that turns up, and submit the certificate to their municipality.
Miss it and you face fines, blocked rental registrations, and tenant lawsuits that can run into six figures. That's the part most owners already know.
Here's the part that gets skipped: a lot of NJ inspectors charge $300 to $600 per unit and book 4-6 weeks out. For a property manager with 20 doors on a cycle, that math is brutal. We built Side by Side to fix both problems.
Address, units, bedrooms, tenant contacts. Ninety seconds in the form.
NJ decides visual or dust wipe. We check, then send appointment times and a firm price.
Deposit confirms it. Most properties scheduled within 5-7 business days.
A certified NJ Lead Inspector at your property. Wipe samples leave for the lab the same day.
Lead Safe or Lead Free. If anything needs correcting, we send a clear list and come back.
One company, start to finish. Inspection. Lab. Certificate. No back-and-forth between three vendors.
New Jersey sets the rule based on the property's age, condition, and how recent any prior testing was. We check the state's criteria for your specific address before scheduling so you know which test applies, what it costs, and how long results take.
The inspector looks for deteriorating paint and lead hazards. Results same day.
The inspector collects wipe samples from windows, floors, and surfaces. Samples go to a certified lab. Results typically 5-7 business days. If your property needs a wipe test, we handle the lab coordination. You don't need to ship anything or talk to a lab tech.
Most NJ lead inspectors charge $300 to $600 per unit. We charge $125 to $150. Lower price doesn't mean cut corners. It means a tight crew running inspections at volume, with lab logistics worked out and no inspector-broker margin sitting in the middle. The same certification, the same report, half the price.
Bulk pricing for portfolios of 5+ units. Ask.
We inspect statewide. Demand is heaviest in the older housing stock, South Jersey row homes, the Camden / Trenton / Newark / Jersey City rental belts, and the multi-family corridors in Essex, Hudson, Bergen, Union, and Mercer counties. We work them all.
Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Salem, Cumberland. HQ is in Gloucester City; this is our backyard. Fastest scheduling.
Mercer (Trenton), Middlesex, Monmouth. Common multi-family inspection work.
Essex (Newark), Hudson (Jersey City), Bergen, Union, Passaic (Paterson). Older urban stock with the highest lead exposure risk.
If your property is anywhere in New Jersey, we can get to it.
If you run 10, 50, or 200 doors, your problem isn't finding an inspector. It's finding one who can keep up. Most NJ inspectors are one-person operations booking weeks out. We're set up for portfolio scale, with bulk pricing, scheduled rotation cycles, and photo-documented records you can drop into owner reports without rebuilding them.
If you're a PM trying to keep pace with your renewal cadence, we should talk.
RRP certified to issue Lead Safe / Lead Free certificates.
Half what most NJ inspectors charge. Bulk on portfolios.
PMs with portfolios get priority slots.
Inspection, lab, certificate, remediation if needed.