[Bizzymammabee]

Originally Posted by YORKIEMOM2B2006

ok, we moved into this house march 1st...we were told ( and on the sellers disclosure) electric was ok, plumbing was ok, except the basement sink leaked a little ...a little!! ive been mopping the basement floor everytime i did dishes because it flooded down there, and we were told the breaker box needed to be update......ugggggggggg
so now I had the $$ to get it all fixed....
plumber came this morning, was here all day..( so far we are at $2,000).went down there ohhh it looks so nice with all new pvc pipe etc etc..and I can finally do laundry here and not the laundromat.......turn on the water he says lets see if we have any leaks..............
oooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmggggggggggggggggggggggg ggggg
water squirting out over there, and over there, and wait...................
black gook pouring out of the pipe he put a top on that wasnt needed from where they took out the sink................................
my heart dropped i began to feel sick..................i knew this wasnt good........
ok so now we have them coming back to use a jet vac i think he called it...to put down the pipes and push to the bigger pipe and push air in there to get out whatever ( if any) thing is in there making it do this..... thats $500
if that doesnt work, " it must be a broken pipe under the basement floor)
i got that estimate.....for breaking up the cement floor to get at a broken pipe ( it might be)and replace with pvc.............$5,000!!!!!! on top of the 2,000 and the 500.................I lost it,,,,,I left.....needed some air........
so the money I came to get from my mom, is going fast................so much for my van i was going to get from my brother ( didnt tell him i cant get it yet)
and still have the electric to be fixed monday which i got an estimate of 1,550
lets hope that stays at 1,550..............the breaker box needs to be updated ..its ancient and not safe.............. well it is now 12:54 and all i can do is cry, not even tired....so I needed to vent..............
but hey hubby got his motorcycle ..............................

Hon for you very own piece of mind even though it's after the fact get an engineer to check the house. They usually run about $300 (varies depending on where you live but in NY I paid that amount) and they are certified to check everything from top to bottom in the house. It's a good thing to use one when purchasing a house whether it's new or older (sorry not trying to make you feel bad about not having one but not everyone knows to get one. I am suprised your realtor didn't tell you that you should do this when your offer was accepted before you went to contract). That way once he is done (you usually get a 20 page binder with the a-z of your house) you will have an idea of what needs work and how to prioritize them.

You might be able to sue the seller for non-disclosure of certain issues and recoup some of the money. Especially since you expressly asked them the condition of those areas.

Good luck hon. It's very hard when you are a new homeowner. I think that people that sell housed without full disclosure should be shot. Take a deep breath and go slow. Prioritize the work that needs to be done.

OOOH by the way if it were me and my house I wouldn't opt for PVC but the actual Black Pipe for replacement. It's a bit more pricey but it lasts longer. Black Pipe tends to last at least 70 years before you have to worry about it again.