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Searching for a house's history

RAMOSS said:
For suing for false advertising, you don't need a real estate lawyer I don't think.
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Yeah we will be lucky if a lawyer will even help us. The listing agent is placing blame on the seller, and the seller is saying he never said all new plumbing.
 
jimbo said:
Call the state board first. You will have to file a written complaint, but it will cost you nothing. They'll tell you how to file the complaint.

Keep in mind that the broker is the responsible party. Both the broker and the salesman have a license to lose.
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*perk*

Will do that tomorrow. Thanks for the tip!
 
jimbo said:
My father once purchased a property that was originally located by so many turns of a 3 ft wagon wheel from the west bank of the South Platte river. A long story, but because at 13-14 I could read a slide rule I became dads surveyor. That was 65 years ago, but that corner stake is still there and still being used as the starting point for current surveys in the subdivision.
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That's how townships were established out here. The surveying method was counting X number of wagon turns and drop a rock off the wagon to mark.
 
Superfly said:
*perk*

Will do that tomorrow. Thanks for the tip!
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Check out whether building permits were issued, too. You should be able to tell if any of the pipes have been replaced if you go under the house ( or into the basement ) and a plumber would also know approximately how long ago by the materials used and any adjustments to the structure.
 
Parrish said:
Check out whether building permits were issued, too. You should be able to tell if any of the pipes have been replaced if you go under the house ( or into the basement ) and a plumber would also know approximately how long ago by the materials used and any adjustments to the structure.
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That's how we found out the plumbing wasn't new. 2 days after we moved in, the toilets started backing up and not flushing. A plumber scoped the main line that runs to the sewer at the street, and found that it was filled with pecans. There was no cap on the vent in the yard, and squirrels were taking the pecans from our tree, and hiding them in the mainline. $850 it cost us to have it cleared out. While he was under the house, he checked it, and broke the news to us that it wasn't even close to new.
 
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