All Forum Posts by: Ruth Hall

I'm looking at a property to flip in Austin and it has an unpermitted room. There is no permit and also building codes were not considered. I'm paying cash.

My questions are:

1) Will I have difficulty selling the home with the unpermitted room? What are my options to bring the room to code? Is it easy?

2) If I plan to remove the structure and bring it to code, who can I contact to help measure the house and point out what needs to be removed?

3) Any other helpful suggestion how to approach the situation. My goal is to not have difficulty while selling it in the next few months.

Any referrals for real estate litigation attorneys in Austin area

 Yes, I will be making a claim through the owners title. But what about suing the agency and the seller for not disclosing the issue to me prior to close? Even if the owner's policy covers the purchase price, I still tend to lose money spent on renovation if the title issue is not resolved..

What are the chances of winning suing the seller for non-disclosure? 

I bought a flip, renovated and in the market to sell. I was provided a clean owner's FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY policy by the agency. I closed the house through a local title agency. I'm hearing news there might be some title issues since they missed some paperwork and have not completed yet. I don't know yet what that paperwork and details are since it was just brought to my notice today. Both the seller and the title agency was aware of the missing paper work but did not disclose it to me until today.