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Contingency confusion

Hello,

We just had a home inspection. We’re not happy and we want to walk. Home is 800,000. our realtor told us we could walk away if we weren’t happy with the Inspection and get our earnest money back. Well, we are not happy, and now the seller is refusing to sign. What is our recourse here?

Some of the House issues: The main sewer line has a huge hole and needs relining, the roof needs repairs, there is window rot on eight windows (the manufacturer said that this is a known issue for these type of windows that were installed back in 2003 and the only possibility is to replace), the water heater is pumping out combustible materials, considerable amount of mold in the house and animals are urinating in the home- it STINKS. Initially, I I thought the odor was just a house that wasn’t being cleaned properly and had big dogs in it. But the day of the inspection the garage absolutely reeked of pee, I saw dog urine spray remover in one of the bedrooms and the owner confirmed the dog is potty training - literally all throughout the house.

I’d asked about the roof before we signed a contract. He misrepresented the state of the it. The windows at first glance looked OK but they clearly are not. The house is full of windows. Some of them are very large. The smallest windows are 1700 bucks to replace and install so that is going to be a big expense.

There are also a bunch of other issues that don’t require immediate fixes, but have to be fixed relatively soon and that will really add up.

I’m not interested in the sellers proposed fixings because the inspector noted several “fixed” things that had already been done by the seller and it was all cheap work that needs replacing. Also, if you’re letting your dogs pee all over the house, how am I to trust that you’re going to properly take care of the house in the interim between us buying and their moving out? Can someone please explain to me what is going on here? Per my conversation with my realtor prior to the inspection, I should have a check in my hand and this nightmare should be over by now. Thanks in advance!

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