topfrog237
Junior Member
A hopefully quick question. State of Idaho if it matters.
We have been in our new to us house almost 10 months. We have an issue with drainage, specifically the driveway has no pitch, backs up to the house and follows the path of least resistance to somewhere under the slab. We found the house in the winter so ice and snow covered everything up. Now we know, the fix is demolition, compaction, re-pour on a grade, yada, yada, yada.
I have had a conversation with the seller and they confirmed they had problems and knew about said problems but just lived with it, so they knew. Nothing on the disclosure about drainage, water issues etc. Specifically stated no drainage issues.
Finally getting to the main question. During the initial negotiations the final counter from the seller included as-is language. So does the sellers counter of as is trump the disclosures? Or is the as is agreement we agreed to based on the disclosures?
It's about a $20K fix so depending on what I hear we will be following up with legal council.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
We have been in our new to us house almost 10 months. We have an issue with drainage, specifically the driveway has no pitch, backs up to the house and follows the path of least resistance to somewhere under the slab. We found the house in the winter so ice and snow covered everything up. Now we know, the fix is demolition, compaction, re-pour on a grade, yada, yada, yada.
I have had a conversation with the seller and they confirmed they had problems and knew about said problems but just lived with it, so they knew. Nothing on the disclosure about drainage, water issues etc. Specifically stated no drainage issues.
Finally getting to the main question. During the initial negotiations the final counter from the seller included as-is language. So does the sellers counter of as is trump the disclosures? Or is the as is agreement we agreed to based on the disclosures?
It's about a $20K fix so depending on what I hear we will be following up with legal council.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you