Seller disclosures

I’m very upset with the seller of the house I’m hoping to buy. Before I put in an offer for the house, I received the seller’s disclosures which consist of several pages where the seller lists anything that he knows is wrong with the house. The report was perfect. Not a single thing.

So I hired a home inspector and he spent over 2.5 hours around the house this morning with me. Everything was going great. No problems with the roof, electric, plumbing, floors, no termite damage, no signs of mold, nothing.

And then it hit us, we had turned the heater on and the house didn’t feel any warmer. Then we tried to set it to cold and the house would cool. We went outside and sure enough, the AC system doesn’t seem to be working.

Now, I’m sure the seller was aware of this and yet he never disclosed it. In my books that is fraud.

So what’s the next step? I’m not signing anything until that is fixed. It is a major system for a house. Specially down here in Florida.

I talked to my agent and I guess they are sending an AC tech to see what the problem maybe. Maybe it’s a simple fix like a wire that came loose, or a fuse, or maybe the whole system needs to be replaced. But either way I’m not doing anything until that’s taken care of.

UPDATE (12/15/06) - The seller has agreed to send a technician to check the system and see what’s going on. Now it’s wait and see.

UPDATE #2 - The tech will stop by on Tuesday.

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