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the roof is leaking in my new house, who's responsible?
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 molding 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?
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oups.com... 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 molding along the bottom of the master room is swelled and wet. . . . 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!) It appears you did not know leaky roofs on new houses were much in the news in BC about 10 years ago --- see back issues of newspapers. It is likely the Sun or the Province still has a reporter specially assigned to this topic whom you could consult. The realtor said we could sue the inspector, but we really don't want to take that kind of action. In Ontario, the liability of a private house inspector is limited to his fee, i.e. you can get your money back if his inspection was obviously incompetent, but the inspector is not liable for the cost of repairs he failed to report. Since your problem is shared with thousands of other BC house owners, you should identify their leaky roof groups (cf. class actions suing for redress) and see what you can learn. Municipal or provincial politicians probably know about these groups. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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the roof is leaking in my new house, who's responsible?
Thanks John and Don for your opinion.
I decided to just let it go. It seems like the more i try to find who's fault it is, the more I ruin other ppl's feelings as well as ours.. I guess my case is one of those "things just happen" cases like some ppl said. Just hoping I don't end up with an invoice of a large amount money. |
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the roof is leaking in my new house, who's responsible?
On 15 Nov 2006 18:33:03 -0800, someone wrote:
We bought a house... I am really lost and don't know what to do and who to talk to. Who's really responsible here? Any idea? Uhh yeah pal, I have an idea. YOU ARE. Don't you know what BOUGHT A HOUSE means? It's YOUR house now. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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the roof is leaking in my new house, who's responsible?
v wrote: On 15 Nov 2006 18:33:03 -0800, someone wrote: We bought a house... I am really lost and don't know what to do and who to talk to. Who's really responsible here? Any idea? Uhh yeah pal, I have an idea. YOU ARE. Unless you can find the Mexicans who put that particular nail, I gota agree you are. *new* homes generally have a limited warranty... 1 to 5, 10. years. |
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