Seller Did Check The Age Of The Roof In Disclosure

When you used the words and terms replaced and age 1 year old the buyer would have the understanding that the roof was replaced new and is a year old.

Seller did check the age of the roof in disclosure.

The last permit filed for the roof was in 2000. This issue was never mentioned by our seller in the seller disclosure statement. You as the seller had a duty to the buyer to disclose the exact and complete details on where the roof leaked what was done to fix the problem methods and areas of repair or replacement was the entire roof replaced or only certain sections was the roof. We did ask the seller about water leaks in the property and he mentioned only a leaky sink.

If the seller disclosed that the roof previously. So the seller deceived us in the disclosure. 16 years is most likely out of warranty and as of right now my wife and i are left holding the bag for probably 8 000 in roof repair costs. When he was inspecting the attic he found a pot in the attic positioned to catch water.

My agent pulled the disclosures from when the seller bought the house and the age of the roof was clearly disclosed to her when she purchased she just didn t feel a need to pass the information on to us i guess. When a roofing contractor came to inspect the roof he said the roof was more like 20 years old or older. It turns out what we thought was a five year old roof is actually a 16 year old roof.