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Seeking legal opinion’s to see if this is worth acquiring a lawyer. Yes we had inspections …

This is what was advertised on Zillow:

“Massive New Year Price Drop! Mountain Views and Full Renovation! This home is so much more than a fix and flip. These owners, meticulously redesigned, rebuilt, and refurbished this home from the foundation up over 3 long years. This was a complete rehabilitation of an amazing mountain hideaway, this home is more convenient than you would ever suspect and just minutes from some of the best schools in the area. The full synthetic two level decks both offer some amazing mountain views looking west while the front of the home features a new oversized paved driveway and a hill of landscaping to lessen maintenance. The selections inside this home are exquisite featuring engineered hickory floors, upgraded granite and cabinetry throughout the home, tiled showers, huge double walk in showers, a layout to maximize all views from the main and basement levels, recessed LED lights throughout, and so much more. The owners even took the time to create a turnaround the driveway needed for ease of access.The home had its entire septic replaced in in 2023, HVAC, Water Heater are 2024-2025, Roof and Gutters are 2022, windows 2023, all plumbing 2022-2024, leaving a new buyer with essentially no major ticket items untouched. This one is essentially a new home on a 1970 foundation. All work was permitted through the county.”

This is everything wrong within 4 months of living in the home:

HVAC:
4 ton Freon leak
Total replacement 15k
Electrician needed for complete rewiring for heating element (previous wiring completely wrong)
KITCHEN:
Multiple outlets not working
GARAGE:
Epoxy poorly installed, flakes all coming up.
Right garage door rail installed to a 2x4 on the wall. First time use split the wood and rail detached from wall.
MASTER:
All new closet hardware needed due to previous not installed correctly/ripping out of wall and breaking from fall
Bathroom toilet leaking into subfloor causing warping and tile to pry up - water damage
SEPTIC:
New tank (Original) was crushed.. company didn’t want to take responsibility. New company installed and previous owners payed.
Venting never installed. Wasn’t code until 2024. All drains have septic gas coming out of it.
BASEMENT:
Gym floods when it rains. Previous issue.. clearly painted over… never disclosed.
Random areas walled off and not used or disclosed as to why or what it was before.
OTHER:
Water heater caught fire
Internet cords cut during renovation and not fixed
Improper drainage- accumulation on driveway/around the house
Bottom deck leaks from top deck due to improper water routing/drain/grading
WELL:
Intermittently working. Well table likely shallow. Entire house loses water.

Location: Maryland

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