Viriginia,
Hello! if anyone can help on this issue. my dad was about to buy a house here in fairfax. agreement was reached settlement date was set and the downpayment was put down. two days before closing on the house one of the pipes bursted. this flooded the main floor and the basement. The insurance paid the owner who was selling the house the money to fix the house. i have a suspicion that their agent is also part owner of the house. He is being very shady. has been hiding information and the status of the house. so 2.5 weeks later this guy did the half of the floor and half of the basement and called us and offerd us $5000 to finish the basement. this money is not enough to finish all that work.also this guy with out a written statement from us, supposedly stoped the work and said we said to stop the work and we would take over. he is not willing to settle and he wants $4000 for us delaying his work. If we dont pay him the 4000 he wants us to drop the contract. now we really like the house and had put down the money so we can purchase it. the seller has agreed to all terms.. untill the water damage happend. please somone tell me what to do. should we get a lawyer involved?
the second thing there was no written statement given from our side to the seller/agent to stop the work. So you think he has any chance in winning a case? the only written statemen was given was when he asked for the $4000 his february mortgage. since we supposdly told him to stop work ( no written record of it). we faxed back a copy crossing out what he wanted and wrote that we request a $25000 so we can continue the repair and settle. before the next sentence (my dad is the only one on the contract) so he replies to our reply with that since I(va_resident) not my dad had called him to say to stop the work. in actuallity i called to see if the work had started or not.(can he use that aginst us?) im not the decision maker of the house or contract since i have nothing to do with the contract. please reply appriciate it..THANKS
02-03-2005, 03:03 PM
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