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Updated almost 5 years ago,

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Mike S.
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Previous Water Damage

Mike S.
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I am interested in house as my primary home. The house looks perfect, but it has been in the market since last year summer. The house been three times in escrow but every time fell out.  The seller explained why each time it fell out for example in one case the jumbo loan was not approved but I am not sure if I can rely on her reasoning II have no reason to rely or not rely on her response). The main issue I see in the history of the house is a massive water damage in 2015 which ended up around 40k in costs. We asked the seller to provide more details on the damage and this is her response:

The water damage happened in 2015. The upstairs laundry room sink was left on for 2 hours before it was found. XX was the name of the company that did the water mitigation. The name of the project manager was XX. They were on site within less then an hour. All of the carpet upstairs needed to be pulled back and several commercial air
blowers were placed in each room for several days. Each day that the carpet was wet, it was treated with an antimicrobial solution and everything was tested for moisture and mold several times throughout the
process. Downstairs, the canned light fixtures were removed from the kitchen and dining room and temporary air vents were inserted into the ceiling space with commercial dryers blowing and circulating the air
until completely dry. They assured us that mold will not grow while the air is being circulated in this manner and that it would have to be wet with no air movement for 3 days before mold would start to grow. Again, everything was moisture and mold tested several times before they completed the process. 

The second phase was the clean up phase, all of the carpet was reinstalled and professionally cleaned. The baseboards needed to be replaced since water had bubbled the bottom of them, so all of the baseboards and door casings were replaced. Since the wall paint was damaged around the baseboards and door casings when they pulled them off, the entire home was repainted. The company that did the paint, trim work, and carpet repair was XX. 
All of the work was professionally completed to our satisfaction and in the almost 4 years since the incident, we didn't have any issues come up related to the water damage and never had any issues with mold.
We have all of the documents related to the claim and can share them if necessary. "

What should I do? Is there any specific type of inspection which could confirm there is no more issue with the house regarding the water damage? or it's better to forget about the house? The house is more than 700k and I don't want to take any risk.

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