Because its own market literature says so. Modernize's Elizabeth page warns that older homes here reveal water-damaged subflooring and outdated plumbing at demolition, and instructs that quotes carry demo and subfloor inspection. The mechanism is mundane: pre-war and postwar bathrooms have leaked slowly at tub edges, toilet bases, and pan seams for decades, and the subfloor is where that history is stored. The practical consequence is a quote structure, not a fear: the finish price and the findings protocol priced in writing, in advance, so the discovery is a line item executing rather than a surprise arriving.
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