I bought a single story Pre Manufactured ranch home about 5 years that had been in place for nearly 30 years. The house looked fine. I did everything I was supposed to do in terms of paying a "Professional" Home inspector to inspect the property before signing the papers.
End of 2008 we started noticing a pretty good size crack in the drywall in the living room. Two years prior I noticed a small dip in the overhang on the front sophet overhang in the corner.
This past Dec I had my outside above ground oil tank filled for our heat. Long story short, the tank settled and tipped over causing the line to crack off the bottom and 275gals of Kerosene was released into the ground immediately adjacent to my house.
There is serious talk of moving the house in order to excavate underneath it. My insurance company sent a guy in to get a price to move it. Within maybe a 3 minute time frame he noticed that one of the main supporting walls that supports the main beam that runs the length of the house had been moved about a foot to make the living room larger. I know the seller "remodeled" this house for the purposes of selling it. I am proof positive that he moved that wall. I know this because I actually met and talked to the original owner that had actually had this house placed here prior to selling it to the people that I purchased the home from. He said the living room was a lot bigger and the entry from the living room into the kitchen was almsot double the size.
Basically, I want to try to go after the people that sold me this home and/or the inspector that I paid who said it was structually sound. Comments/Suggestions appreciated.
I would be happy if I got the $600 I paid that moron to inspect the house. Not the money, just the principle of the matter. I am not being cocky, now I know what is going on but that is the whole point of the "professional" home inspector. So I am not in a situation like this. You would think they would be able to notice things like load bearing walls being moved or missing.
I am definitely going to check with a lawyer anyway. I just like throwing this stuff out there for everyones thoughts and maybe walk away with more bullets.
End of 2008 we started noticing a pretty good size crack in the drywall in the living room. Two years prior I noticed a small dip in the overhang on the front sophet overhang in the corner.
This past Dec I had my outside above ground oil tank filled for our heat. Long story short, the tank settled and tipped over causing the line to crack off the bottom and 275gals of Kerosene was released into the ground immediately adjacent to my house.
There is serious talk of moving the house in order to excavate underneath it. My insurance company sent a guy in to get a price to move it. Within maybe a 3 minute time frame he noticed that one of the main supporting walls that supports the main beam that runs the length of the house had been moved about a foot to make the living room larger. I know the seller "remodeled" this house for the purposes of selling it. I am proof positive that he moved that wall. I know this because I actually met and talked to the original owner that had actually had this house placed here prior to selling it to the people that I purchased the home from. He said the living room was a lot bigger and the entry from the living room into the kitchen was almsot double the size.
Basically, I want to try to go after the people that sold me this home and/or the inspector that I paid who said it was structually sound. Comments/Suggestions appreciated.
I would be happy if I got the $600 I paid that moron to inspect the house. Not the money, just the principle of the matter. I am not being cocky, now I know what is going on but that is the whole point of the "professional" home inspector. So I am not in a situation like this. You would think they would be able to notice things like load bearing walls being moved or missing.
I am definitely going to check with a lawyer anyway. I just like throwing this stuff out there for everyones thoughts and maybe walk away with more bullets.