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Water in Garage
I just bought my first SFH as owner occupied and moved in a week ago. I will be looking for a second home as the loan seasons over the next year. Once I purchase a 2nd home, I will move out and rent the first.
We just had a medium sized rainstorm and when I went out to the garage I noticed water leaking at least two feet inside the entire perimeter of the garage (only about 1/4" deep). Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the 2x4 along the bottom of the garage structure is rotted out in some places. In retrospect I feel my inspector should have caught this but moving forward I'm not sure who I should contact to evaluate this. There is probably a component of landscaping that was done incorrectly around the garage creating a flooding scenario. Also, there is the crack running across the floor of the garage so there is a possibility the cement may have shifted down lower allowing water in. Then there is the damage done to the base of the garage structure itself and I need to know what my risk is and and what it would take to fix. Would I benefit in contacting a general contractor to evaluate or is there another I could call who may specialize in this sort of thing?