howcanthis
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? FL
I looked for a house to move my family into after years of living in an apartment. I found a nice 3 bedroom home and after some discussion, we made an offer. We had the home inspected by an inspector that was referred to us by the Realtor company. I put in a clause that if there was more then a 1000 dollars worth of work for the house I would not purchase. The inspector found the wiring was not up to code as it was an older home and wiring was aluminum and need copper pig tails. Other then that the inspection did not reveal anything else. SO the sell agreed to have it fixed. After closing on the home and living there 2 weeks we found that the leach field was bad so we had septic issues. Then the sheet rock from the wall in the master beedroom fell off and we found that there was a leak inside the walls. After tearing out the walls we then found mold. After that my daughters bed room the ceiling started to crack from one end to the other. Then we noticed it sinking in.
What we found next made me really scared, the counter top range had wiring hanging out underneath the cabinet, wrapped in electrical tape. Then the dishwasher had been leaking underneath the counters which now are falling away from the walls. The master bathroom had water leak into our carpet. I had called a contractor out to look at the house after all of this again and found that there was 30000 worth of damages to the house. My question is: Can I get a recourse on this? We spent money trying to make the house liviable. With all of this we are behind on our house payments and may loose it to forclosure.
I looked for a house to move my family into after years of living in an apartment. I found a nice 3 bedroom home and after some discussion, we made an offer. We had the home inspected by an inspector that was referred to us by the Realtor company. I put in a clause that if there was more then a 1000 dollars worth of work for the house I would not purchase. The inspector found the wiring was not up to code as it was an older home and wiring was aluminum and need copper pig tails. Other then that the inspection did not reveal anything else. SO the sell agreed to have it fixed. After closing on the home and living there 2 weeks we found that the leach field was bad so we had septic issues. Then the sheet rock from the wall in the master beedroom fell off and we found that there was a leak inside the walls. After tearing out the walls we then found mold. After that my daughters bed room the ceiling started to crack from one end to the other. Then we noticed it sinking in.
What we found next made me really scared, the counter top range had wiring hanging out underneath the cabinet, wrapped in electrical tape. Then the dishwasher had been leaking underneath the counters which now are falling away from the walls. The master bathroom had water leak into our carpet. I had called a contractor out to look at the house after all of this again and found that there was 30000 worth of damages to the house. My question is: Can I get a recourse on this? We spent money trying to make the house liviable. With all of this we are behind on our house payments and may loose it to forclosure.