Q: If I bought a house with foundation issues, but were told those issues were corrected and they weren’t. what can I do
I purchased a house with cash about a year ago. The inspector said on his report that it had pier and beam foundation issues. This was addressed with the owner and he told me that he already had a foundation crew come in and do some work and it has already been fixed it the best they could and new supports added. However, now the floor in my house is falling and after going under the house to look, it was not repaired properly by any means. He lied to us and I feel We bought the house under false pretenses. Is there anything we can do
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Your only real move is to sue the seller. This can be successful if you have good paperwork showing that the seller was aware of the problem and then asserted that he fixed the problem. There is more to a lawsuit than that, but that is the bare minimum you will need for proof.
See a good lawyer who knows this area of law. you do have time limits on filing a lawsuit. in some instances, you only have ONE YEAR from the discovery of fraud.
I hope this helps.
Good Luck!
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