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Sellers lied on disclosure and hid issues. Is this worth hiring a lawyer? [UT]

We recently bought a home. After moving in we've discovered 2 major issues that were not disclosed and appear to have been covered up.

The roof leaks. Literally the first time it rained the week we moved in the roof was leaking through the ceiling. On the disclosure it says the seller "sealed the leaking roof according to a contractors advice and haven't had any problems since". After getting up on the roof there's no visible repairs up there. However where it leaks its appears he sealed the sealing with this water proof stuff I found under the sink. This resulted in the water just coming out of the light fixture instead.

In the basement there was a bedroom that was very poorly finished. Its just a mosaic of cheap squares of carpet that dont match. We pulled it up and underneath the carpet was a plastic tarp glued to the cemet floor. I thought it was weird and we pulled up the tarp. Under the tarp water is leaking through the cement floor. On the disclosure it says, "Consulted a contractor about drain in third bedroom. Sealed with cement per their advice to finish it." To me that doesn't seem like something a contractor would recommend and it honestly seems like he "finished" the room as cheaply as he could to hide the issue.

Our agent has reached out to the sellers to get their contractors name several times now and they're not returning calls. Is this worth calling a lawyer? I don't even know if the home warranty would cover issues like this. The roofing contractor we called out said we could try to patch it but it just needs a new roof. Our home inspector was not able to get up onto the roof because it snowed that day but he did say the roof looked okay and the sellers told him they had a roofing contractor fix a leak. The inspector obviously didn't see the water hidden by the tarp and the carpet.

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