What are our options? Issues 1 month after closing

[Anonymous]

You own the house. They fixed what they knew and tried. Its not their responsibilty to fix your house. Your inspector passed it so its on you and them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you everyone for posts. We decided to get a structural engineer to make sure the foundation is okay. If it is we will call an HVAC contractor to seal the ducts under the slab. And we will also look into the grading by the side that flooded.

This stinks. It will likely cost $$$.

Now if the engineer finds a hidden foundation issue that's going to cost a lot to fix, what would we do?

Get a couple more opinions and then fix it. Yes, sorry, it sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you everyone for posts. We decided to get a structural engineer to make sure the foundation is okay. If it is we will call an HVAC contractor to seal the ducts under the slab. And we will also look into the grading by the side that flooded.

This stinks. It will likely cost $$$.

Now if the engineer finds a hidden foundation issue that's going to cost a lot to fix, what would we do?

There is no reason to think there is something structurally wrong with the foundation, is there? Do you see major cracks on the walls? Other settling issues? Leaning walls? I suspect not if the house was built in the 60s and it passed an inspection a month ago. Don't waste money on this.

Start by cleaning your gutters and looking at the grading on the side that flooded. See if any outside drains are clogged or the gutters are detached and dumping at your foundation. Consider other ways of routing water away from your foundation, such as a French drain. If it is the ducts, find a contractor who will seal up the under slab ducts and rerun your HVAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just a month after closing our basement was flooded. In the disclosure forum the seller stated that they had a flood last year and fixed it. They described the fixes and our inspector confirmed the fixes. They updated their sump pump, graded their hard and put it new gutters. However, for this flood it looks like the water was under the slab as if there is some kind of foundation crack because we found water in the supply ducts. This house was built in the 60s and they put the supply duct under slab (incredible right?). The area that was flooded was a different area of the house too.

What are our options? Should we ask our realtor to get in touch with the homeowner. We are devasted as we just closed a month ago.

Here is the fix.

Divert water away from that site of house with French drain

Next call your HVAC folks to disconnect those supply ducts built under slab. Then call someone else to pour lots of concrete in those supply ducts to essentially seal them.

This is very common in Long Island.

Correct.

[Anonymous]

It's not very nice of you to immediately assume the seller somehow lied to you or hid things. Likely they did not know. They tried to remediate what they could and disclosed it.

But even if they did lie or omit information, they are not liable here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you everyone for posts. We decided to get a structural engineer to make sure the foundation is okay. If it is we will call an HVAC contractor to seal the ducts under the slab. And we will also look into the grading by the side that flooded.

This stinks. It will likely cost $$$.

Now if the engineer finds a hidden foundation issue that's going to cost a lot to fix, what would we do?

Fix it.
It’s YOUR house, your problem.
Our current house had dome water issues not long after we moved in.
We fixed it, went on with life.
You bought a house, houses have issues.

[Anonymous]

Ten months after my elderly parents sold their house, a pipe leaked. The new owners threatened to sue my parents. My parents sent them a check for 3k. I was so pissed at those people for taking advantage of my parents.

It sounds like they disclosed.

[Anonymous]

Are you in the DC area? We just had one of the driest Augusts in 20+ years.

[Anonymous]

File a homeowners insurance claim.
What we did.. when our bathroom shower pan flooded above and into our kitchen a month after buying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:File a homeowners insurance claim.
What we did.. when our bathroom shower pan flooded above and into our kitchen a month after buying.

Most homeowners insurance plans don’t cover exterior water. But you can try.

[Anonymous]

File a homeowners insurance claim.
What we did.. when our bathroom shower pan flooded above and into our kitchen a month after buying.

Did your insurance rates go up after that?

[Anonymous]

Did your home inspector look into the ducts? This video explains it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVXB_k8ST6k

[Anonymous]

Maybe just get rid of the underfloor ducts and don't worry about heating in the basement for now? Or replace with baseboard electric for times you want to be down there?

[Anonymous]

A buyer's agent isn't going to recommend a shitty or unscrupulous inspector just to not "kill the sale."

You are adorable.

[Anonymous]

Welcome to home ownership. It’s expensive and time consuming.