Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Connecticut
Who do I sue, seller, or sellers agent?
My husband and I purchased a home. An inspection was done and a bunch of electical work needed to be done. We asked that it be done as part of the agreement. The seller wanted to give us a credit for the work, and provided an estimate of $950. We thought the estimate was way too low, and insisted that the work be done - no credits. The seller had the work done by the person that provided the estimate. We closed, and on the walkthrough all the work that was visible had been done as agreed.
8 months later we had to sell the house for a lot of complicated reasons. Our buyers had an inspection, and one major electricle thing came up that was supposed to have been done when we bought the house. Their estimate was $2000 to do the work. It was the one item that was not visible on walk through and would have taken a trained professional to tell us it was done.
We have the invoice from the electrician that did the work when we bought the house, with the signature of the sellers agent. The invoice is the same amount of $$ as the estimate, but missing that one crucial item that was discovered when we sold the house.
So who do we take to small claims, the seller or the sellers agent?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Who do I sue, seller, or sellers agent?
I don't know what you mean by "the invoice was missing that one crucial item..." Did you have the invoice at closing, or merely relied on the verbal assurances and the walk through? If you had the invoice, you're out of luck; if not, sue the seller. The seller represented that the work was done; the agent will say she relied on what the seller told her and had no personal knowledge of whether the work was done or not.
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