seller doesn't want to pay full amount of termite damage

[shorty24141]

What is the name of your state? Virginia

My husband and I are buying a house, we close on Oct 3rd. The house has termites and some floor joists are damaged. We knew this when we looked at the house. But we were told by our buyers agent that it would be fixed by the seller. It was even put in our contract, under additional terms, "seller to treat termite infestation and repair damaged joists due to termites." Now the seller only wants to give us 500.00 at closing to fix this problem. We were quoted 1200.00 just to exterminate the termites and we haven't even had the damage that has been done estimated. It does say in the standard provisions in our contract that the seller only has to cover 500.00 of the costs. But we made it very clear before signing papers that we wanted the seller to fix the problem completely to our buyers agent. Can we make the seller pay the total amount, since we put in the additional terms we wanted this fixed and if she wont can we back out?

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by shorty24141

What is the name of your state? Virginia

My husband and I are buying a house, we close on Oct 3rd. The house has termites and some floor joists are damaged. We knew this when we looked at the house. But we were told by our buyers agent that it would be fixed by the seller. It was even put in our contract, under additional terms, "seller to treat termite infestation and repair damaged joists due to termites." Now the seller only wants to give us 500.00 at closing to fix this problem. We were quoted 1200.00 just to exterminate the termites and we haven't even had the damage that has been done estimated. It does say in the standard provisions in our contract that the seller only has to cover 500.00 of the costs. But we made it very clear before signing papers that we wanted the seller to fix the problem completely to our buyers agent. Can we make the seller pay the total amount, since we put in the additional terms we wanted this fixed and if she wont can we back out?

**A: did the Seller sign the contract with the additional terms? What is your agent telling you?

[CAlandlords]

Originally Posted by shorty24141

What is the name of your state? Virginia

My husband and I are buying a house, we close on Oct 3rd. The house has termites and some floor joists are damaged. We knew this when we looked at the house. But we were told by our buyers agent that it would be fixed by the seller. It was even put in our contract, under additional terms, "seller to treat termite infestation and repair damaged joists due to termites." Now the seller only wants to give us 500.00 at closing to fix this problem. We were quoted 1200.00 just to exterminate the termites and we haven't even had the damage that has been done estimated. It does say in the standard provisions in our contract that the seller only has to cover 500.00 of the costs. But we made it very clear before signing papers that we wanted the seller to fix the problem completely to our buyers agent. Can we make the seller pay the total amount, since we put in the additional terms we wanted this fixed and if she wont can we back out?

If the seller signed the contract with your additional terms, then yes you can make them pay for all repairs. If they only wanted to be liable for $500.00 then they should have countered your terms by saying "up to $500.00".

[shorty24141]

the seller did sign the paper with additional terms.

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by shorty24141

the seller did sign the paper with additional terms.

**A: then force the Seller to abide by the contracted terms. Talk with the principal broker and discuss specific performance and breach of contract.