Seller signed agreement to fix a drain issue over a year ago

[Mike Fiorese]

I have a few questions regarding buyer/seller contracts at close. To give some background; I bought my rental property in Nov 2012 and on the day of closing did my final walk through of the house, while checking out the crawl space I noticed a small amount of water around a drain in the floor. I brought this up at closing and the seller signed a written agreement to fix the water issue.

In the past year and a half I have had over 10 contractors (delegated by the seller) take a look at the crawl space but have not heard anything after the first meeting and are unreachable when I follow up.

Has anyone had a similar issue?

How can I give the seller a nudge to complete the work?

Should I take her to small claims court? what are the typical fees? Do i need a lawyer?

This is my first post on BP, very excited to join this community!

[Brie Schmidt]

I would take her to court! We got to have a lawyer here in Virginia / DC who can advise