I recently purchased an investment property as-is through the selling agent, who advised me that the roof was less than a year old. In the listing photos the roof looked fine. When I went to see it in person, I noticed that the roof was a different color (it was replaced and the listing photo was old) and also seemed fine. I closed on the property yesterday, and when I went to look at the property again, I noticed that the roof was actually severely warped with long divots in a couple locations, almost as if a large branch might've fallen (there is a tree in the front yard; it's not dead and very much alive, but I'll probably end up removing it because it doesn't look that great, health-wise).
Is there anything that I am able to do? The seller did not put it in writing that the roof was new or anything, this was simply what he told me. Their agency is the company that managed the property for the owner, and were the ones who put the new roof on. When I had originally asked for an inspection, they gave me grief about it so I waived that right. Now I'm wishing I hadn't and would have paid attention to that massive red flag.
It's a small house so worst-case scenario I can eat the cost, but I'd rather not and am kind of upset at the turn of events. I thought I got a really good look at the roof my first time there, but I guess I didn't, and took the agent's word for it.
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