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Recourse After Purchasing a House With a Leak and Wood Rot

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  • 12-03-2016, 06:53 PM
    lawfacts
    Recourse After Purchasing a House With a Leak and Wood Rot
    A home buyer purchased a home. She did not have her own inspection performed, but her mortgage lender had its own inspector examine the house. A year later she has discovered that there is a bathroom leak that has penetrated into the floor, and she is going to have to rip out much of the bathroom to fix the floor, at considerable expense. Is there a way to recover that money from somebody?
  • 12-03-2016, 07:49 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Recourse After Purchasing a House With a Leak and Wood Rot
    If she has homeowner's coverage, she can see if she can get coverage -- although they may regard it as an unresolved maintenance issue such that coverage is not available.

    Living in the home for a year and not discovering the leak, it's near inconceivable that she would be able to prove that this was something that the sellers knew about but failed to disclose.
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