[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

We learned the difficult (and expensive) lesson in our first home purchase. Like so many young couples, we were assured we did NOT need to "worry" about the extra expense of an attorney and told "there will be an qualified attorney present". At that age and experience level, we had no idea that was "code" talk, that the attorney was for the bank, in no way cared what happened to us legally. Never let that happen again through out our career moves. We did from time to time have an agent try to talk us OUT of hiring our own attorney ("gently" of course, just "oh, no no, that's not at all necessary, "they'll have one there" (again, THIS time we knew who "they'll was and were able to answer, "oh, excellent, OUR attorney will be there also". The non working plumbing, broken automatic sprinkler systems, poorly maintained gutters, walls filled with holes, scratches, major dry wall damage that never looks "right" unless who have the entire sheet replaced, taped, "mudded", and completely repainted. Usually can find a charity who will remove the unwanted furniture but not always ! Things left are seldom, if ever, the kinds of things a consignment shop will accept; they usually leave the items that would COST them to have removed. Some will leave an broken or poorly working spa, an item that costs substantially to have someone come and haul away. Wish this had not happened to you. Those who wrote that you should not have signed are correct, but, though weak, you may be able to make it so public and so embarrassing for those involved, that they may "do the decent thing"... but don't count on it. Even the "home inspector" (recommended to members of our family who bought here after we had built our house) recommended by the villages sales rep they used, was a $300 useless expense. The kitchen had multiple electrical problems, the roof he passed as having no problems, leaked seriously 6 weeks after the closing, and the AC which was inspected and predicted to have 8-12 year life left, completely quit when the first summer weather arrived in May. The closed in February. Another lesson never consider choosing an "inspector" from a list you are given by "your" agent, who may well be the "agent" of the SELLER only a "finding" agent for you. As Jimmy Buffet warned us long ago.... LAND SHARKS, those are the ones you have to never turn your back on ! Hope it gets worked out, that you can finally get over all the additional expenses this has cost you (it's really difficult to forgive when you've tried so hard to be the accommodating one).

Yes, yes, and yes!
One of the things I did was listen to who the agent recommended and made a list of them…to make sure I would not use those people even accidentally.