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My house has multiple problems that where lied about on the disclosure statment. What is next?

I bought a house 3 months ago. Now as the ice is melting I have a leaking living room and broken sewage system. The disclosure says nothing was wrong with plumbing and there was no water damage or structural problems caused by water. I had an inspection. Due to cosmetics the inspection passed for the continuing water damage. It took a few days of running water to realize the sewage is clogged, another thing the inspector could not have known. What do I do now? In order...here is what I think.....

1: Get an assesment of the damage

2: Contact the seller by mail or phone?

I dont really know. What do I do? Should I make an insurance claim right away?

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  • glenn
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    It depends on the laws of your state and how much money we are talking about here and how well you can prove that the owners knew about this and hid it from you.

    In Texas we have a possibility that you can sue the sellers for triple damages. If you have been damaged for $10,000 you can sue for (and possibly win) $30,000.

    I would check with your Real Estate Attorney right away. If you have a strong case, the seller will very likely want to fix this for you at their cost very quickly.

  • Meghan
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It depends on the conditions of the sale. Just because there are problems now does not mean the previous owner knew about them. You said yourself- you have been living there for 3 months and are just now starting to have problems.

    I would probably contact your agent, who can contact their agent, who can contact the seller. Go that method, and see what they agree to do right off hand. I would recommend trying to split the cost of repairs with them. If they refuse to do anything, i would contact an attorney to see what they are legally obligated to do. It may be nothing.

    If the home was a foreclosure, you have no recourse whatsoever. You may also have recourse against the inspector if he could have checked things for damage and didn't.

    But the fact that the runnning water was turned off tells me you bought a home that had been empty for a while, and the seller didn't know about the problems when they sold the home.

  • 1 decade ago

    make the claim, regardless.

    read the fine print on the purchase contract. It will state what the

    seller knew or didn't know and if buyer's insurance against undisclosed

    probroems was included.

    sorry about your problems

    Source(s): RE broker
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