can I get reimbursement for leaking water heater, leaking dishwasher broken garage door 2 weeks after settlement?
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can I get reimbursement for leaking water heater, leaking dishwasher broken garage door 2 weeks after settlement?
We settled on a home In Pennsylvania on 18 July 2019. We didn’t realize the water heater was leaking, the dishwasher leaks the garage door is broken. Is the seller responsible for disclosing these defects can they be responsible to fix these issues?
Asked on August 12, 2019 under Real Estate Law, Alaska
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
The seller must disclose them if he was aware of them--or if the circumstances and facts show that he reasonably (that is, logically) must have been aware of them (that is, any seller in his situation would have known of them). A failure to disclose known conditions, or conditions of which the seller should have known, is fraud, and would let you sue for compenation, such as repair costs.
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