Discovered water in the basement during house tour

[Michael Chang]

Hello BP Community ,

(Un)fortunately we viewed the house on a day with heavy rain and it had a few spots of running water from the basement walls (the seller agent is aware of the puddle of water as well).  I took a few videos that you can see the basement (basement wet 1& basement wet 2)   We generally like the neighborhood and the house, but the wet basement is our biggest concern about the house at the moment.

We definitely want to be safe and take all precautionary measures to ensure the basement and home stay dry and warm and will want to repair and invest in basement waterproofing.

Would you consider a house with water in the basement? Not sure if you have any advice or tips on how we should address the water in the basement problem during the homebuying process in the terms of inspection, repair and negotiation. 

Thank you,

Michael