I saw just the headline on the bat article in the Washington Post, and I thought, this HAS to be you. (Haven't read the article yet.) It is, yes? You've hit the big time!
Thanks! Possibly getting picked up by national press this week.
It's pretty tough to win a case. The inspector did call out a pest issue, and put us 'on notice' it was just with weaselly language about 'checking the seller disclosure.'
So even if we had spitting truth that the buyer's agent said to the inspector "hey, don't highlight the bat problem," we still couldn't win a suit because we were on notice. Also Redfin would have much better lawyers than us. The legal fees would kill us and cost more than the repairs.
It'd be great if we even had the grounds to sue just to cover our medical expenses, given the threat to our infants life. Still though, we were on notice. We would lose. We already paid $3K for a legal assessment, so a second opinion would cost us that again... and probably be the same.
On a positive side, there is an INCREDIBLE girl scout doing all sorts of work to help us and our neighbors out. It's like next level awesome. We just hope we can resolve this situation and live here one day... its hard to know.
I saw just the headline on the bat article in the Washington Post, and I thought, this HAS to be you. (Haven't read the article yet.) It is, yes? You've hit the big time!
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They came out in March, but held the story until Halloween. The journalist who visited worked really hard on it.
Halloween, I love it! I'm looking forward to reading it - glad you got a wider audience, as your story is definitely worth it. :-)
This story is out of this world.
A shame that real estate has become such a gross ponzi scheme.
State law varies, but in my state we would consider suing the home inspector. Hopefully you at least considered that.
Thanks! Possibly getting picked up by national press this week.
It's pretty tough to win a case. The inspector did call out a pest issue, and put us 'on notice' it was just with weaselly language about 'checking the seller disclosure.'
So even if we had spitting truth that the buyer's agent said to the inspector "hey, don't highlight the bat problem," we still couldn't win a suit because we were on notice. Also Redfin would have much better lawyers than us. The legal fees would kill us and cost more than the repairs.
It'd be great if we even had the grounds to sue just to cover our medical expenses, given the threat to our infants life. Still though, we were on notice. We would lose. We already paid $3K for a legal assessment, so a second opinion would cost us that again... and probably be the same.
On a positive side, there is an INCREDIBLE girl scout doing all sorts of work to help us and our neighbors out. It's like next level awesome. We just hope we can resolve this situation and live here one day... its hard to know.
Cheers!