AboutHans Weber, Licensed Broker Associate Expertise I am able to answer questions related to buying or selling residential real estate in New York. There are many questions buyers and sellers have about the process of buying or selling a home that they are afraid to ask or that might seem too simple to ask. For instance: in a house, why do some doors open in and some doors open out?
Experience Licensed real estate agent in New York State in 1988.
Serving buyers and sellers as a full time occupation since 1988 with over 300 successful residential real estate transactions.
Organizations National Association of Realtors.
Westchester County Board of Realtors.
Education/Credentials Graduate of Pace University in 1988 majoring in business and minors in taxation and computer science.
Awards and Honors Consistently one of top sales awarding winning agents for Coldwell Banker in Westchester County.
Question i bought a house 3 weeks ago did house inesption he said everything looked ok i go to install track lights the whole wall behind sheet rock is gone the 2x4 the cealing beams the sheathing its a clap board house they put plastic wrap to stop the rain and a pice of wood across in side to hold up clap board my negobher said he swa them work on it last year the damage is at least 2 hundred thousand they knew they hid it .what can i do .P.S it was in an estate .the son was handeling the whole thing and he is a LAWYER . please help ive ben flim flamed if i wasnt putting up new lights i never would have found this till the house fell on my childern please help me
Answer Hi Tim,
Sorry to hear about your dilemma.
The inspector is not responsible for things not visible to the eye without opening walls.
It sounds like the seller/lawyer may have had knowledge of it, but if it is an estate his parents may have had the work done and not told him or so he could say.
I think you need to contact your closing attorney and explain this to them. Your attorney may want to contact the seller/lawyer and report your findings and ask for an adjustment, but I think the seller/son/lawyer will state he had no knowledge of the work that was done. Perhaps your neighbor can tell you if the son was around the house during the time they were doing the work inside the wall.
Lastly you could check with your homeowner's insurance to see if this is covered. It is water damage from an exterior source...
