This isn't the first house that we have bought, but apparently the home inspector we hired for our first house was a little bit better than this one, & perhaps we paid a little bit better attention to things ourselves as well. Of course the first time around we were living in the same town so we could take our time to look around the house & check things out for ourselves. This time we were in a bit of a time crunch & we weren't around for the inspection.
The first things we noticed a day or two into it, was that while in the contract we had said we wanted the window treatments, the ones we received were not the same ones that had been on the windows when we viewed the house. Not too big a deal, except that in one of the washrooms, she simply draped some fabric around the window & there is nothing to cover the window.
Next we noticed that under the kitchen sink things were getting a bit wet. The hot tap had a continuous slow leak that apparently had been like that for quite awhile b/c the shelf is cracked & there is an abundance of mould in the corners. I suppose that might not have been to easy to spot b/c you had to run the water for quite awhile to find where the leak was coming from.
A few days later I noticed that the kleenex under the washroom sink were all damp. Basically every time the water goes down the drain, instead of it all going down the drain, it goes under the sink. This would have been obvious had he run the tap AT ALL, but of course, since we weren't here, we have no idea what he actually charged us for in his inspection.....
Do you think we can get a refund?
I am not sure if you can get a refund but was it noted in the disclaimer that this things leaked? I would think that they knew about it not putting it on a disclaimer is BAD! But I would contact the inspector and tell them about the problems you are finding and ask why they were not found int he inspection. And then make a pissy about it and say that you will not refer anyone to them. Well that is what would say b/c I fly off the handle.
ReplyDeleteAt the very least your home inspector needs to be reported to the Better Business Bureau. He flat didn't do his job. Now you have to wonder what else did he miss? Does your furnace have faulty wiring? What else is amiss? Is the house on a sink hole? You don't know. I think you should get a second inspection done by an inspector of your choosing that inspector #1 pays for -- at the very least.
ReplyDeleteAnd a contract is a contract. The window treatments that were promised are the ones you should get -- not draped fabric.