Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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You are correct that it is very rare for a seller to keep the deposit. There’s always some loophole and even if no loophole it’s difficult to keep the money. That being said the deposit is to prove the buyer is serious. But if the buyer doesn’t risk losing it then it’s meaningless. It sounds to me that the seller did what was required and the buyer should not be backing out. There could be details missing and assumptions I’m making based only on what I’ve read in the threads. |
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This should be wake up call to use than live in CYVs. Make sure irrigation in top notch shape up against neighbors house or cap it off. If I was owner I’d be going after neighbor being they caused damage. |
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This isn't a simple, "the dryer vent was loose", type issue. Water seepage into a home is a huge issue and the only side to this story is there's no guarantee the fix is for the issue without time. She doesn't have this and her husband is ill. That's the seller's problem to iron out completely, not an unsuspecting buyer. |
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I’ll disagree with you folks with just the caveat that we don’t know everything. It should be easy to ascertain if the problem was fixed correctly. It should be easy to ascertain if the contract allowed the seller to fix the issue. If the contract said the seller could fix issues unless they were serious or major, well okay, back out. But what if this was a newly sprung irrigation leak, quickly fixed and no longer an issue? No reason for the buyer to back out.
Any of us could be correct and the OP needs to do their due diligence to determine if this issue was properly addressed. I’ve seen similar instance in the past where a seller fixed a pipe. The buyer, being a flipper with construction experience didn’t feel the fix was adequate. He backed out but it was a long battle and nightmare. |
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And if the cause of the leak is the neighbors sprinkler, who is to say that it won't happen again once the house is sold. Why buy a problem when they are ill-equipped to deal with that issue and the seller needs to straighten it out prior to listing again. |
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If I were in the OP's shoes I would have found and gone to a well respected local real estate attorney within minutes of being told I could not get my deposit returned. I would have taken all my paperwork as the attorney could not help me without having and examining it. The attorney would have listened to my story, read through the relevant contract(s) and any other documents that may have pertained to the matter and consequently have taken action - or not if nothing could be done - which I doubt. A letter or even a short phone call to the broker/agent from the attorney probably costing $200 - $500 would likely have resulted in a timely refund of the deposit.
If there was any doubt of my deposit being refunded I would have obtained an inspection from an independent inspector paid by me and not affiliated with or suggested by the broker. The inspector would have been one highly experienced with homes in The Villages. This would have provided me in detail with the damage to the property, mold issues and so on. IMHO with your husband experiencing the medical issues you have reported in your posts the last thing either one of you needs is the stress from trying to handle this on your own if you feel unqualified to do so. Best wishes for your husband's health and a positive end to this matter for you!
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It's the Villages, all the homes are 10 feet from each other. It could happen again or happen at the next house. If it has been fixed as they have said it was the reason to buy the house is because the seller met all the contract requirements. We all buy our houses knowing stuff can go wrong and break in the future.
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Having over 20 successful property closings in our lives, we would not buy this property. We'd never buy a property which has had a recent water issue. That's just us but we've never been scorched in all those closings for that reason. |
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I look at as a broken irrigation line differently than “a water issue “. I mean, yeah it’s water. But it’s not like a high ground water table or flooding.
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Will someone explain this to me? As I read this, there is this strange (to me) system in TV, where those little irrigation sprayers that sit in the ground, are mounted on your neighbors" house, just below the roof, like 10-12 feet off the ground? Or am I confused?
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