HUD house surprise.......

[Rich Riesmeyer]

Just closed on my first property on Mon. Its a HUD house. The property condition report on the HUD site listed the heat and A/C as OK. I was quite surprised today to find that the in the house half was not connected to the outside half of the system. The good news is the inside part of the system is brand new. Manufactured about 9 months ago, the house had been vacant for over a year. Looks like HUD started to replace the system but didn't finish. I should have had an inspection done myself, but with the elec. power turned off I didn't think it would reveal anything I couldn't see already. My mistake..... Does anyone think I have any recourse on HUD. I expect to hear buyer beware, but I welcome any comments. Since I can do this work myself, its not the end of the world, just an expense and delay I could have done without.