"Starscream_1977" wrote in message
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We recently purchased a 50 plus year old home in May of this year. Due
to a long list of reasons, we have decided to sell the home. We have a
buyer and closing was scheduled for today. However, yesterday, during
the final inspection (the second inspection on the home since we have
owned it) found that the house is "structurally unsound" due to water
damage. It was estimated that the problem has existed for well over 3
years. Water has been seeping in around the frame of the back sliding
glass door. My question is, how did the previous inspections not catch
this? The inspection results when we purchased the home made no
mention of the damage. Are the previous inspectors in any way liable?
After I heard what the inspector found, I crawled under the house to
see and it was blatantly obvious, even to me that something severe was
going on? We have had two estimates for replacing the damage and they
include replacing about 20% of our home's hardwood floors, a new door
jam, a new sliding glass door, new linoleum (sp). They said they would
have to jack up one full side of our brick house. I have not recieved
the $ estimate, but knowing all this, it is not going to be pretty. I
looked all around and could not find anything posted with similar
circumstances. Any help anyone can provide would be excellent. If you
need to know, I live in Alabama and the inspector that missed the
structure damage is in Georgia, but licensed to inspect in Alabama and
Georgia. Thanks!!!!!

This is Turtle.

I can only speak about this happening in Louisiana and not other states.
Louisiana has a undisclosed problems on real estate dealings. If you buy a home
from a real estate agent and you find a major problem [ defined as $1,000.00+ ]
the agent will have a choice to repair it or give your money back. The agent
does have a choice. In Louisiana all agents have insurance for this if it makes
them go broke over it. There is also a 2 year time limit on this rule.

Now you got to go back over all the contracts and look and see if this problem
was disclosed anywhere in the writtings or even notes to you when dealing. If
you was not told about it. They eat it. Just check everything to make sure you
was not told about it.

Now you need to check your state rules on selling home by real estate agents in
your state and see what they have to say. I would think Georgia would have
something like this , but I could be wrong here.

TURTLE