Seller breached the contract for sewer line repair

[Cheng Chen]

Hi,

I have my own buyer agent to help me to buy a house. The house is for sale by owner. Originally, Seller signed contract and willing to do dye test and  repair sewer line if it fail the municipal inspection.

Then came the contingency period,  I paid about $700 for home inspector , hvac and plumber come for home inspection.

After that, the dye test failed, plumber quoted $5000 for sewer line repair. Seller changed her mind and refuse to pay or credit anything toward sewer line repair. So, seller breached the contract. I no longer want the house if I have to pay for $5000 for sewer line repair.

But , I want to recoup the $700 I paid for inspection. What can I do to get the seller to pay for that? Do I have to sue the seller to get the money back?

Thank you so much for your advises!!

Cheng