Hi All,
I bought a property late last year in Sydney with a lovely renovated bathroom. Just last week my PM discovered that there was a leak through the walls and the plumber verified that there is no signs of waterproof membrane visible under the tiles. This leakage is serious and requires the whole bathroom to be ripped up and re-tiled with waterproof membrane to prevent termites and structural damage.
The sales agent just told me today that the prev owner did the bathroom themselve and since it's sold they don't want anything to do with it anymore.
When i purchased, building & pest inspection was done along with thermo test and no odd moisture was found so the leakage must have been gradual since, not too long ago or the reno is quite recent. Given the membrane is tucked under the tiles, it's unlikely the building inspector would have been able to notice it if no leaks & high moisture was present ?
I've been quoted $7k-$9k to get the bathroom redone with waterproof membrane(a requirement of the aust building standard according to the tilers.)
It feels that the house was very misrepresented when i purchased
I paid market price at the time.
If the prev owner was not a qualified person to work with wet areas, did a shabby job and onsell, does the buyer have any right to make a claim in this case ?
Thanks
I bought a property late last year in Sydney with a lovely renovated bathroom. Just last week my PM discovered that there was a leak through the walls and the plumber verified that there is no signs of waterproof membrane visible under the tiles. This leakage is serious and requires the whole bathroom to be ripped up and re-tiled with waterproof membrane to prevent termites and structural damage.
The sales agent just told me today that the prev owner did the bathroom themselve and since it's sold they don't want anything to do with it anymore.
When i purchased, building & pest inspection was done along with thermo test and no odd moisture was found so the leakage must have been gradual since, not too long ago or the reno is quite recent. Given the membrane is tucked under the tiles, it's unlikely the building inspector would have been able to notice it if no leaks & high moisture was present ?
I've been quoted $7k-$9k to get the bathroom redone with waterproof membrane(a requirement of the aust building standard according to the tilers.)
It feels that the house was very misrepresented when i purchased
I paid market price at the time.
If the prev owner was not a qualified person to work with wet areas, did a shabby job and onsell, does the buyer have any right to make a claim in this case ?
Thanks