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All Forum Posts by: Clint Wade

Clint Wade has started 1 posts and replied 4 times.

We were aware of damages to the roof and budgeted for the estimate the seller gave us. They just failed to disclose that the roofing company also told them that it needed replacing and repairs would be like 'put lipstick on a pig'. That was my main concern. I assumed all along the fault was mine, but I was curious if anyone had any feedback for me on this particular situation.

Thank you for your response!

I'm assuming we are SOL so it's making this a little easier. The inspector told us it needed to be looked at and when we made them aware they had the company come out and assess the damage. I know now I should have had a company come out on my behalf but my agent made it out to us that we wouldn't want to deal with that (another thing I now know should have concerned me). It's not so much having to replace the roof that bothers me the most, it's that the roofer told me that he told the seller's agent it needed replacing.

I told him that they failed to mention that, but he said he knew her personally and he 'knew she wouldn't have purposefully done that.' 

Being new to this I just didn't think on my feet quick enough to quiz him on it. We did get a copy of the estimate and on the estimate it only states what they would do for the repairs and says nothing of the roof needed replacing. My biggest concern is that he would just deny ever telling her that if they are friends. 

We bought a house a month and a half ago and knew the roof needed some attention after the inspection. The seller had someone come out and assessed the damage saying it needed $1500 worth of repairs. Being the first house we’ve ever purchased we didn’t think/know to have our own roofing company to give us an estimate. I contacted the company who done the estimate for the seller and one of the first things he told me was that he told the sellers agent it definitely needed replacing. No where in the estimate report does it say it needed replacing and neither did they disclose that throughout the purchase process. I’m curious if this is something that should have been told to us, or if we are at fault for not having someone come out and look at it on our behalf. We closed on June 1st and we're in South Carolina.