Duty of your agents, bad house purchase

[Mark L.]

I purchased a house a couple months ago, and paid at the top price or a little over for a supposedly move in ready home. I had an agent/broker, home inspection and appraisal. I haven't been able to move into the house because of a persistent and strong pet odor. I've been cleaning the floors with enzymatic cleaner and trying to air the house out but despite some improvement the odor is still too objectionable to move in.

I didn't know until after purchasing and attempting to clean, that pet odors tend to be persistent and difficult and expensive to eliminate as contamination is absorb into the floors and walls and even the furnace and duct work. I  assumed the seller had just moved out and didn't do a good job of cleaning, and all the floors being hardwood or tile, I thought normal vacuuming, mopping and airing out would eliminate the odor   No one, not my agent, the home inspector or appraiser mentioned odor and that pet odors tend to be hard and expensive to eliminate. That's something real estate professionals should know, as I learned it already after my first real estate transaction.

Shouldn't my representatives have informed me about pet odors? What recourse if any do I have? I put most of my cash into the purchase and can't afford to replace floors, painting and what ever else.  It's also aggravating the seller made so much money and didn't have to repair the damage her animals caused, because I didn't know better about animal odor and no one informed me. This purchase was a bad deal, and a huge financial loss and ruin.