I live in California and this morning we were having the carpeting replaced in my bedroom. When we pulled up the carpet, there was a damp spot on the wood. It didn’t look too bad, but, the word “Wet” was written on the plywood. I went underneath the house and it looks like there has been some water damage coming out around a bathroom drain. The bathroom is right next to my bedroom.

I bought the house about 5 years ago from a guy who bought it from the previous owner and did a quick remodel and turned it around to sell it. I am betting that he knew about this problem since the word “Wet” was written on the wood floor and since he put in new carpeting when he sold the house. What advice can you give me? Has the statute of limitations run out for going after him to fix this problem? At this point, I am going to go to home depot to get a mold testing kit.