Not so fast

[chelelev]

Are you sick of hearing abou the damn house hunting yet? 

Sure, they accepted the offer with the following conditions: 

Property shall be accepted "as is" with $500.00 towards any repairs found at inspection

1000.00 escrow

We do not have a remedy to go after seller for things that they knew about and didn't disclose, repair, etc.


Somebody knows something.

Not sure what we will do now.  I am so tired of this.  If I didn't hate this place so much, I would start seriously considering buying it.  It still might come down to that.  At least here, I know the floors are hardwood under the carpets, just would need to have them refinished.

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[taryns-mom.livejournal.com]

I can tell you easily we would have walked with a counter like that....

However, with our current home, the previous owners had had a recent inspection done for a contract that fell thru at the last second (buyer's divorce didn't go thru)- less than 30 days before our contract and so, part of their counter was for us to accept the previous inspection, so essentially, it was an *as is* kinda thing. They weren't hiding anything and we haven't gotten burned... but, we could easily tell the house had been meticulously cared for (you should see the binder full of appliance instructions, warranties, etc) AND we had a copy of the month old inspection. Basically, it saved us $$ and time so it was worth it.

I would do some investigating and see what you can turn up about the house because it does indeed, sound as if they are hiding something. The sellers of our Md house failed to disclose there was a serious leak in the master bathroom shower and they simply caulked over the tiles to make everything fresh and pretty. 2 years later while I was showering upstairs, my kitchen ceiling started raining because of the ongoing leak. The bitch of it was there was NO WAY for us to prove they had covered it up even though the contractor we used REMEMBERED the house, the problem, and the fact the man who owned it was TOO CHEAP to have it fixed correctly. (Too Cheap was the exact phrase we heard from every person on the block any time his name came up, so we knew the contractor had it right).

Over $8K later.... we had a gorgeous shower... and absolutely no recourse to go after the previous owners.

I'm so sorry to hear that there have been so many problems with this.... it is so stressful to buy a home. *hugs*