Flip This House #5

coralbrook
Fri, 03 Feb 2017 22:13:18 +0000

@BunsenBurner

The Seller definitely should have disclosed a toilet not working, skylight roof leak. I wonder if he even knew about the roof rats?

Seller not disclosing is a big deal in California and would lead buyers to ask ??? what else does he know about that was not disclosed? His agent should be embarrassed that their client did not disclose on the legal form.

I bought that small house in La Mesa and the Seller was required to disclose. He did not disclose a ton of stuff that he knew about. I know that he knew about it because when I went into the City to inquire about the garage rebuild, etc. they told me that he came into their office several times and they told him X, Y, Z. Most importantly, he absolutely knew that the house was in a designated historic district, yet he answered ‘No’ on the specific section of the form. He also did not disclose that SDGE had red tagged the house or why they red tagged it. We found out later, although we would have replaced all the gas lines anyways, but I would have preferred to avoid the bureaucratic hassle to get the gas turned back on (SDGE required a City permit and inspection before they would turn service back on).