So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.
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Apologies if I can't respond immediately here—still dealing with the situation.
My wife and I have had 70+ house showings in the past month. (This is important for later.) We received an offer last week, and the house inspection was scheduled for today. According to our real estate agent, the inspector, two real estate agents, and the buyer showed up for this inspection. My wife and I saw four people outside when we pulled in, so this tracks.
We get inside our house after everyone left, and our septic pipe in the basement is cracked, with a flood on the floor. Quite obviously, we think this has something to do with the randos in our house as this has never, ever happened before in all of our years living here.
They're claiming it was like that when they came in, and it's part of the house's problems.
I've already sent pictures to a plumber. He's of the opinion that yes, definitely, it could have been caused by some jackass standing or sitting on the pipe. There's also the record of well over 100 people being in our house in the past month—no one has ever mentioned water on the floor in the basement, and we've received dozens and dozens of comments back from the showings.
Our real estate agent, too, is actually siding with the inspector and other agents. She's telling us it's probably been like this the whole time, we just never noticed. Which is horseshit for take your pick of obvious reasons.
There was a 3D walkthrough done with the house a few months back. I captured some screenshots. No crack from that time, and it's obvious from the angle.
My whole thing is, I am not paying for this. I just don't know the proper avenue to take here, other than lawyer up. Anyone else have experience with this?
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@mik said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:
Shit.
Well, first get it fixed. Then you will have to take them to court. In Ohio the limit is $3k for small claims.
It's $5k for Maryland, I believe. Yeah, we're basically going to be telling our realtor, either this gets paid for via earnest money, or we're sending demand letters to all four of them.
But that's my idea and admittedly I'm just making shit up as I go.
Other problem:
• We're also going to need to get contact information from as many agents who've been in our house over the past month so that we can confirm they never saw a flood in the damn basement.But, our realtor has to play ball and help us get these things. It sounds like she's very reluctant. So I don't know how to get those folks' contact information.
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Well, shit...
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@horace said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:
That’ll ruin your day.
Pfffffffft. Tumult has been maxed out for some time now. This is Tuesday.
Good luck with the sale none the less.
Thanks.
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That sucks.
Sorry you’re dealing with that.
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If push comes to shove - more flies with honey than vinegar and all that - I'd explain to your agent that she could be responsible for any damage to the house while she was there without you and if she won't help she'll be named in the suit as well.
But I'd pull that trigger as a very last resort. Put together your info first. You may have plenty to support your case without her.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@mik said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:
If push comes to shove - more flies with honey than vinegar and all that - I'd explain to your agent that she could be responsible for any damage to the house while she was there without you and if she won't help she'll be named in the suit as well.
But I'd pull that trigger as a very last resort. Put together your info first. You may have plenty to support your case without her.
Yeah, we spoke with her again. It seems her thing is that she didn't want our shenanigans about the pipe to mess with the house offer. I think it's insane to presume the offer is going to stand as-is, all things considered, but we agreed, so we'll see what the inspection and the buyer have to say before we make any kind of a decision.
We're being cool, but collecting information, and we will be raining down a world of shit about this if we have to.
After flushing one toilet in the house, there's a pool of water on the floor. Yeah, it's going to be very easy to prove this happened today.
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Got a plumber to come in and give an estimate. Had him send me written confirmation of the appointment to prove we didn't learn of the leak from the inspection report, which we'll get tomorrow.
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@aqua-letifer said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:
Got a plumber to come in and give an estimate. Had him send me written confirmation of the appointment to prove we didn't learn of the leak from the inspection report, which we'll get tomorrow.
Excellent.
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Is this the first offer that you have received?
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@lufins-dad said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:
Is this the first offer that you have received?
Yeah. After 70+ showings. So hopes are not high.
Nothing wrong with our place, it's just not like the rest of the market in this area, which right now consists of townhomes.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:
@lufins-dad said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:
Is this the first offer that you have received?
Yeah. After 70+ showings. So hopes are not high.
Nothing wrong with our place, it's just not like the rest of the market in this area, which right now consists of townhomes.
I would think that would make your home more in demand…
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