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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]eh, it's weird that this HUGE problem in two of the main living areas was never noted  on the initial tour of the house, home inspection or final walk thru by anyone - not the buyer, not the agents, not the inspector.  How can that be?

Is that buyer's remorse I smell?  Do I hear someone trying to get out of their own poor decision making and trying to pin the responsibility on someone else?  That may or not be the case here.  If Op would elaborate on how these very significant problems were completely overlooked by everyone, every time they were in that house that would be helpful.  Right now I'm having a hard time seeing this as described.. [/quote]

I only saw the house 3x before closing on it. I never noticed it. No buyers remorse. Please don't think that. I'm not trying to get out of the house. My remorse is for not moving all furniture and allowing sellers to abandon furniture. I also wish I had paid more attention during my inspection. I thought I had done my due diligence. I still think I did. I wonder now what was in the garage that prevented me from seeing the after damage there. I spent half an hour in the garage during the inspection. I love the house. I actually think I've understated the damage. The floor in the corner fell in tonight.  :( my foot can now go through to the basement.

I'm not trying to pin responsibility. In a way I hope this is a caution for future buyers. I'm very sad about this whole ordeal. [/quote]

That sounds like an absolute nightmare.  I'm so sorry that you're going through that.  What you are describing is a very, very serious problem.

Obviously for the floor to actually cave in like that the water issues had to have been going on for a while.

Was the problem evident in the garage during your walk through?  What about the basement?

How much time in between your final inspection and your closing/walk through?  I would think that if the seller noticed a problem like that at any time - even during moving that they would have been obligated to say something about it if only to mitigate the damage.  I mean if you have an inspection and the AC breaks down or an appliance stops working before closing - don't you say something?  That happened when we bought our house and the owners absolutely told us about it.

As a seller, we have pared down furniture, taken (most) decorative items off of our counter tops and removed area rugs just to make sure that potential buyers can get a real look at our house.  We have made our house available for viewing during all hours and all types of weather - we are hiding nothing.  We do have furniture left in the house obviously (we have not moved out) but we have done what we could to make our rooms as visible as possible.  But even with the limited amount of stuff left in our house, I can see how it would be possible to place a piece of furniture just so...that it would cover up a problem.   No way would we ever do something like that but I can see how easily someone could do that.  I can also see how easily someone could accuse an (innocent) seller of doing.  It's sad.  I would be fine if an inspector needed to move a piece of furniture to get a better look but I don't know that they are allowed to do that.  Can I give them the go ahead in advance?

I have no idea who you should contact about these problems, Op.  Would insurance cover any of this damage?  I hope that you are able to get this all resolved.

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