Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida

Bought a house in Florida in 2005. Previous owner put new roof on 4 months earlier. She listed roofing material as rolled roofing on the owner/contractor permit application and never had a final. When I bought the house it had shingles and the open permit was never disclosed. I used a realtor, had title insurance (they said it�s not on them), had home inspection (not liable), had HUD appraisal as required for my FHA loan (stated there were no rood deficiencies). The county sent me a letter in Jan 2010 stating I had open permits. Subsequent final inspection failed due to non compliance in roofing materials. They are now demanding I replace the roof. It seems the seller intentionally used shingles because they looked better. Again, they put on the permit application that they would use rolled roofing as the code required. I would have not purchased the house in the first place if it had a rolled roof because I think it looks awful. Is there anything I can do? Like return the house [wishful thinking :) ]

Asked on 3/24/10, 10:59 am

Leon Ferraez Ferraez, LLC

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You can make a demand of the prior home-owners if you know where they are (i.e. sue).

Answered on 3/29/10, 11:09 am

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