Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
we purchased a home last year
we had some storm damage requiring repair
contacted my home owners insurnace made a claim
contractor came out and instected damage
atached landry room is not upto code
will add an aditional cost of up to 30000
is previous owner liable for repair and how do I get them to pay
home was a reposetion bank owned propertier in tuolumne ca
1 Answer from Attorneys
The fact that a building is not up to code does not make the seller liable. Codes are updated often. No building that is more than a few years old is likely to be up to code in all respects. Even if it was not up to code when built, you would have to prove the seller knew that, and of course a bank would have no idea whether the building was up to code when the foreclosed on it, much less whether it was up to code when the laundry room was added or built. You should have taken out homeowners' insurance with a code upgrade coverage.
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