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Originally posted by leagleaze
The thought is the spring developed recently . . . but the plumbers all say they can see recent work, which was not disclosed, was done on the basement. Apparently the house inspector didn't catch it. I don't think these kids have been in this place a year yet.
But might not be worth going after even if possible, because the cost looks to be a couple of grand, assuming what the plumbers are suggesting is correct to deal with it.
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Home ownership is a pain in the ass because of just this type of thing. You think you're doing all the right things when you buy, and then you find out there was something that should have been caught by you or the inspector or disclosed by the sellers or whathaveyou. A house is a perpetual guilt trip/ to-do list / money vacuum.
But I do like not having a landlord and the dogs enjoy the yard.
Anyhoo, your friends should just pay for the repair and put it out of their minds. It doesn't sound like a cover up; more likely a good faith attempt to repair. (Now, painting a ceiling and using Killz to cover up water stains to hide the fact the roof leaked . . . that's a %$#@!!*** cover up.)
They might consider calling the sellers and asking sweetly whether they had any similar problem, not to detect malfeasance, of course, but to figure out what they (the new owners) should do about it. If the prior repair was meant to get at the same problem and didn't do the trick that would be pretty valuable information.
