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the roof is leaking in my new house, who's responsible? the inspector?
Hi, i'm just having a hard time figuring out who is responsible for the
leaky roof. I really hope someone can help me on this. The situation is like this... We bought a house (about 7 years old) in Surrey, BC, and moved in about 4 weeks ago(at the end of October). We did a house inspection(at the end of August) in the process of the home purchase, turned out to be fine. But the problem occured after it started to rain in this area. The roof is now leaking, and about 3-4 feet of the moulding along the bottom of the master room is swelled and wet. The carpet near that part is soaking wet too. So, we called the inspector again. The inspector said the vinyl underneath the roof is probably ripped or something that. And he was like ...........it's not like the roof is rotten or broken somewhere, that's why he couldn't catch that, and no one can find it. Our realtor says it's the inspectors responsibility. But the inspector says no one is able to catch that kind of problem because the roof seemed fine from the outside and it wasn't leaking when he did the inspection.(it wasn't rainy, that's why!) The realtor said we could sue the inspector, but we really don't want to take that kind of action. I am really lost and don't know what to do and who to talk to. Who's really responsible here? Any idea? Any help would be appreciated. |
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the roof is leaking in my new house, who's responsible? the inspector?
First of all, thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately, the roofing contractors couldn't come today.. they'll come to my place tomorrow.. but we are pretty sure that the issue is the flashing or the vinyl is ripped. I actually understand that it was hard for the inspector to find that problem. Indeed, the swelled moulding part was covered by some furniture at that time. Who i'm mad at is the previous home-owner. The previous owner didn't live in this house, he just rent out to some other family. But shouldn't the previous owner have checked any damage and report to us after the tenent moved out? I assume the owner should have noticed it because the middle part of the swelled moulding turned to yellow from white colour. Bad for us, the previous owner lives in another province, making very hard for us to get a hold on him. My family kinda decided to pay for the repair and give up to find who's fault it is. It seems like more we try to find it out, the more we ruin other ppl's feeling as well as ours. Sometimes, in my experience, things happen -- although typically, the roof only starts leaking after you've placed something really really valuable/fragile under the point where it starts leaking.... I totally agree with u Caledonia.. things just happen.. we just got a bad luck this time.. |
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the roof is leaking in my new house, who's responsible? the inspector?
Thank you "
Like everyone is saying, the hard part is to prove whether or not the former owner knew about this.. as i explained above, i'm almost at the stage of "give up". I'm just hoping the repair would not be that expensive. I really appreciate all of your help. |
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