[Vermilion Villager]

Originally Posted by bopat

Recently purchased a resale home here in The Villages.
With the recent rain storm, we noticed some water on the lanai floor.

The lanai is fully enclosed, with double pane windows and a door.

Seems this isn't something new, looking closer at the floor we see water stains on the tiles all around, we thought they were part of the pattern, but now it makes sense.

Also, looking at the windows, the big ones have a white haze on the bottom of them, which they've had for as long as we've known (was there when we purchased the home), we asked the real estate agent and she said it was from the hard water they used to water the shrubs.

Looking more closely, the big windows are installed backwards, the weatherproof seal is on the inside, and the foam insulation around the window frame is on the outside.

So my question is, what should I do?
Some thoughts:
- The agent should have disclosed the water problem (it's not new).
- The home inspector (we had the full home inspection done) should have surfaced this problem and noticed what I noticed. I'm not a home inspector and I figured it out.
- Not sure if the previous owners knew, but if it was a defect from when the house was built, it should have been dealt with back then. Not sure if the previous owners did the work on the lanai or it was part of the original build.

In any event, does anybody know anyone who can reverse big windows? These things are like 6' x 5'!

It's kind of difficult to understand what you were really asking for here. As far as you purchasing a home that did not have a warranty Florida law is pretty clear. A purchase of a home is "as is". I'm not following what you're talking about reversing a big window. Are you talking about turning it inside out or upside down?