All Forum Posts by: Yulia Garvanovic
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Post: issues uncovered after the purchase of the house

- Concord, NH
- Posts 22
- Votes 12
Originally posted by @Brian Pulaski:
If you only spend a "few hundred" to fix an issue from a previous owner (flipper or not) consider yourself lucky. Did you home inspector not run the furnace and notice the sound/issues at that time? Sounds like it would have happened had you tested the system at time of inspection.
I remember him turning on the thermostat, but we definitely did not run the furnace long enough (5-10 minutes) to start hearing the sound. I would consider myself lucky if I didn't have to deal with poorly installed siding (also installed by the seller), which is now falling off.
Post: issues uncovered after the purchase of the house

- Concord, NH
- Posts 22
- Votes 12
Hello, I recently purchased my new duplex. Of course, before purchasing the house, I invited a home inspector, and he did a pretty decent job. As a result, the seller had to fix some electrical, mold, and foundation issues.
However, one major issue was overlooked by my home inspector: the seller had remodeled the kitchen and laid hardwood floor on top of the main furnace grid, which was originally located in the kitchen. When I turned the furnace for the first time, I realized that something was wrong: it sounded like an out-of-balance washing machine and it frequently turned off and on (every 1-5 minutes). A professional HVAC technician cleaned up the furnace and fix the furnace blower. However, he discovered the real issue - the furnace was overheating a lot since the hot air had nowhere to go. The HVAC team can open the kitchen floor and resolve the issue, but this will cost me a few hundreds of dollars.
My question is: can I make the seller pay for this since the issue was clearly caused by him?
(If it helps, the seller is an experienced real-estate agent and a house flipper. )