Posted by cathy on March 02, 2005 at 20:01:46:
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buyer wants to sue us about faulty faucet - Posted by Weldon K.
Posted by Weldon K. on February 20, 2005 at 21:06:36:
The house has just closed and the buyer says that the faucet leaks into the vanity. They called saying that this wasn’t listed on the property disclosure form and could we fix it. No real damage done to vanity. Of course we didn’t know it leaked or we would of fixed it. We weren’t living there and it was vacant being rehabed. Also they had a home inspection done by a pro. We never seen the inspection report and the sale closed so we presumed all went well. What should we do? We wan’t everyone to be happy but don’t want to open a can of worms including the buyer thinking we’re on call for repairs. We fixed several cosmetic things that we weren’t going to do before the sale just to please this buyer who seemed nit picky. They then made an offer which we accepted. Advice anyone? Thanks!!!
Re: buyer wants to sue us about faulty faucet - Posted by Chris
Posted by Chris on February 21, 2005 at 06:57:57:
Yes, here’s some advise. I can only comment about Indiana, so your state laws / regulations may be different. I’m not an attorney, but have bought and sold about 6 properties now. I’ve had this situation come up before. The disclaimer just states what you (the Seller) have actual knowledge of, it is not a warranty. That’s why they have an inspector come in. So, if the inspector didn’t catch it, then they need to go back to him and try to make a claim, unless you warrantied the place. It always helps to put some disclaimer in the purchase agreement, saying in some shape or form that the Buyer takes the house with all of its defects and promblems after closing. If you live in a small town, and you expect to do a lot buying and selling there, then from a business standpoint, you may want to just fix it for them since it’ll cost very little compared what they can do to your reputation by going around town saying you cheated them. However, you also don’t want to establish a precedent where if anything goes wrong, then they’re calling you, even a couple months more down the line. So, in my opinion, it’s up to you on whether you fix it for them, but I don’t think you have the legal obligation to, unless you have stated you would in the purchase agreement. In the future, add a clause in the agreement which states the buyer takes the house with any and all defects. The thing that I’ve learned from a similar situation, too, is to evaluate the buyer from a personality standpoint. There’s a lot of other people to sell your house to, so if you pick up that the buyer is going to be a real pain and nit-picky, then go on to the next buyer(s). That’s what I vowed to do from now on because you can usually pick up on this in their personality early on. That’s my two cents.
Re: buyer wants to sue us about faulty faucet - Posted by cathy
Posted by cathy on March 02, 2005 at 20:00:06:
if the seller really have quality problem,it need responsibility for .
if someone have mind faucet,you also can contact me.