I recently had a buyer put an offer in on a property and we had a home inspection done. Now of course, there was a seller's disclosure given to the buyer, but....obviously not an honest one.
The inspection happened to be the day after a local rainfall. And although the seller stated there were no known water leakage issues except 10 years ago, one bedroom ceiling and another bedroom rear wall, the kitchen and powder room walls were WET. Bubbling WET.
Now there had been some old water stains on some of these locations when we first looked at the home, however the seller stated that the roof had been replaced this year.
Is the buyer supposed to believe that there was no deceit in this disclosure? How could the seller not have known about that much water coming in the home? These were my buyer's questions, of course.
I believe that if a seller is going to list a property, they should walk the property and realize what issues will need to be addressed. Maybe even have a home inspection done prior to the listing.
Do sellers or their listing agents realize that by not being honest about the obvious, they will end up with a lawsuit on their hands? This is definetely a party we don't want to be invited to!
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