What are my legal options? Can’t live in house I just closed on

[Ali Knox]

I just bought and closed on a property that was flipped and I had Piedmont come out today to turn on the gas however they told me they couldn’t because the equipment in my house is not up to code (attached list of what needs to be done).

Post inspection one of the items on the list to be repaired was the water heater vent pipe. It was originally routed into the chimney and now is routed out of the house. However, it wasn’t done correctly according to Piedmont.

The second issue with the central heat was not caught at all during the inspection, and peidmont says as is it would be releasing carbon monoxide into my house if he turned it on. The central heat was turned on up until a week ago when I closed.

As is, I’m not able to live there since I do not have heat. Is this something I should speak to a lawyer about? Is it worth going back to the inspector? I purchased a home warranty, but not for sure it would cover anything like this.