Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New Hampshire

zoning

hi,

we recently bought 19.81 acres of land in Wilton, N.H. After the closing,our septic design company informed us the our lot

is a watershed overlay district

and that the setback distance from the brook is 200 ft instead of the 75 ft that we were told it was prior to buying the lot. we feel that it was the sellers obligation to include information on this watershed issue in the disclosure of the purchase and

sales aggreement. we now have to apply to the town for a variance because even though we have 19.8 acres, most of it is hilly,with only one small area of flat to build on,and this flat area ranges from 90 to 175 feet back from the brook. do we have legal grounds to sue the seller for extra exspences we incurr due to the misinformation provided

prior to closing? thanks


Asked on 8/18/06, 8:03 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Re: zoning

The sellers failure to disclose a material bit of information, may give you grounds to sue them for the differenece in property value or the cost to cure the defect (i.e the needed variance). Please contact me if you wish our office to assist you.

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Answered on 8/20/06, 9:06 am


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