Q: I bought a house 7months ago.. 3months ago I noticed it's infested with rats.. do I have any recourse? what to do?
rats in every wall, every ceiling, and now getting into my house. neighbors say person who sold me the house knew about the rats.. I have 3 children. it's not safe anymore to live here with my children.
A:
This appears to be a question for an exterminator rather than a lawyer. Animals will live wherever they can get in and so long as there is food for them, so removing the ability to get into the house, and getting rid of food sources would seem to be the way to address this.
Did the previous owners specifically deny any animal incursion, or did you just not ask? There is NO house that doesn't have some animals or insects living in it. You just need to 'deal with' such situations. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this is life. NOTHING is certain. It is going to be far cheaper to just hire an appropriate professional to deal with issues like this than it is to try to 'sue' someone with a likely bad result at the end of the case.
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