Any lawyer that could answer some questions for me?

[! twitty]

I recently bought a new house and have raun into some issues within the first week of moving in and wanted to know what my opinions could be. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

 

[hoosierdoc]

Did you use a realtor? Sounds like step one is to ask them

 

[Denny347]

IANAL but, unless it was something wrong that the home inspector either lied about or should have found as a matter of routine, you bought it...you get to fix it.

 

[JollyMon]

Not a lawyer, but did you get a warranty? Sometimes a warranty (for major items such as appliances), usually around 1 year, can be negotiated into part of the purchase agreement.

Otherwise... Welcome to home ownership.

 

[mcolford]

Did you have the home inspected? If so, was if for the things that are currently issues?

 

[SEIndSAM]

The key question I have, and I am not an Attorney, was the defects disclosed and did the seller know about them.

Sold a house last year and we had to disclose all known defects when the house was listed.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I'm fairly certain we were lied to about several things regarding the house we bought. Such is life.

 

[spec4]

A realtor could chime in, but I believe the seller is supposed to disclose known defects. My last house had several problems the inspector missed and the seller should have disclosed. She was such a ditz though I just wanted her out of my life so I fixed the defects on my dime. Funny, she lied in her teeth to us and later my wife runs into her at......church!

 

[The Keymaster]

We had a non disclosed issue. Unfortunately the seller died 2 weeks after the sale.

 

[forgop]

I don't remember having to disclose anything when selling or having anything disclosed to me by the seller. Isn't that what you pay inspectors for?

 

[The Keymaster]

When you list the house you are responsible for disclosing certain things. It is called oddly enough, a "disclosure statement". It covers things like infestation, seepage, flooding, well contamination, sewer and septic issues, and many others. There are a lot of things inspectors can't inspect, don't inspect, or are not responsible for.

 

[! twitty]

We got an inspection but now there is a leak that damaged the upstairs floor and down stairs ceiling. Upon inspection, aka looking out the upstairs window you can easily see there is a rotted window which is clearly letting water in. Also you can see where they patched the downstairs ceiling before. What can I do?

 

[Moparracer89]

We got an inspection but now there is a leak that damaged the upstairs floor and down stairs ceiling. Upon inspection, aka looking out the upstairs window you can easily see there is a rotted window which is clearly letting water in. Also you can see where they patched the downstairs ceiling before. What can I do?

IMO that is something your inspector missed. Id be calling him.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Yep, Home Inspector should have caught that.

 

[BuckCreek]

We got an inspection but now there is a leak that damaged the upstairs floor and down stairs ceiling. Upon inspection, aka looking out the upstairs window you can easily see there is a rotted window which is clearly letting water in. Also you can see where they patched the downstairs ceiling before. What can I do?

Sounds like the previous owner knew and tried to cover it up. If they knew that is something they should have disclosed. Just my

 

[2Lucky]

Most home inspectors don't know a lot about houses in my experience. I just sold a house last summer and had to buy a new refrigerator because the inspector saw water spots on the kitchen floor "by" the refrigerator. The frig wasn't leaking or had ever leaked. The bad thing is that if you read the fine print most home inspectors have a clause in the contract that says you can only sue them for the amount you paid for the inspection not the amount to cover what they missed.

 

[singlesix]

5 year old thread, is this the winner for thread resurrection?

 

[hoosierdoc]

Wow, I was snarky five years ago too?

 

[churchmouse]

5 year old thread, is this the winner for thread resurrection?

Actually no.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Wow, I was snarky five years ago too?

Still going strong






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