I've bought and sold enough houses to give you some great advice.....2 words....
Real Estate Lawyer and Good Inspection.
Sounds like the Seller has tipped their hand to you....some lies about the condition of the house....thats a BIG NO NO!!! If they lied about that...what else are they hiding? Sellers are supposed to disclose items like this but too many don't and hide inherent conditions behind drywall, foundation leaks that are sealed. There are enough clues that should tip off a good Inspector.....run every plumbing line fixture and measure the water pressure on every spigot outside....inside run water from your sinks, toilets, showers, at the same time to ensure that you don't get a big drop in water pressure )....you can check your electricity by checking outlets to see if there are dead circuits. Check HVAC lines for FREON leaks as some Sellers sell houses when Air conditioning doesn't need to be used.....Fall to Spring. Check for mold in attics and basements....remedial remedies can rob you of a ton of money once you are in the house and you unexpectedly find issues. Have the Seller buy a Home Warranty as that would help defray the cost of appliances breaking down during that first year. Sellers know about every inch of the house they are selling and potential problems they had which is sometimes why they sell. A good Inspector makes a difference and like I said...if they lied to you about those items...are they lying about other issues? I made the mistake of letting my heart buy a house when I should have let my head do the negotiating. One house I bought I told the Seller to "pony up" or keep back in an escrow account $5000 for 6 months ...just in case there were problems with the house that didn't come up during the inspection so that me....as the buyer.... could buy in confidence. The Seller wouldn't do it so I told them.....forget it . Used houses can become a Money Pit if you don't know the history and if the Seller lied from the beginning....God knows what else he lied about. JMHO
BINGO^^^^^^ he hit the nail on the head. At closing, your lawyer will go over everything with you and handle all issues at the table should more arise or settle the ones already known too.
The one thing we got f*cked on in my house was when the home inspection was done, they had the wood burning stove cranking which I think the inspector just did a quick visual and said it was all good. I should look back at the paperwork and see what they wrote on it.
So fast forward now for insurance purposes, we needed to get it inspected after we closed on the house. Why after, I have no clue but it is what it is. Had a guy come in to clean out and inspect the stove. Turns out he had a cheap shit cap on the stack with no cage to prevent any critters from getting in, so we needed to replace it. And because of said shitty cap, the stack inside the house above the stove was rusted which meant water was leaking into the stack in the house. He also replaced some flashing and recaulked the area on the roof as a precaution. So $500 down the drain to fix, which I made a stink that it should’ve been checked during the actual home inspection.
Our chimney guy said the owner overloaded the stove with wood and did some damage inside it. He just advised us not to stack with too much wood and to keep an eye on the stack in the house when it rains, which hasn’t been an issue since all this was repaired and corrected, knock wood! We were extremely lucky and caught this before it could’ve been a hell of a lot worse.
Just shows that people can be sneaky and try to avoid dealing with some costly issues.
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