roof problem

Joe · 2006-03-06T07:53:59+00:00

Help please anyone..Here's my situation...Me and my wife were first time home buyers. We bought our home December2004. Come January 2005, we noticed that our roof was leaking. Wecalled up our agent regarding this problem and she said that there wasnothing we can do since we bought the house "as is". I had couple ofroofing guys come out and fix the roof, although it kept us dry forcouple of months, but when it starts to rain really hard, my roofstarts to leak again. None of the roofing guys wanted to have awarranty on their work since they said , its a recurring problem. Wehave noticed to that there was some repairs done by the previous ownerat the ceiling (looks like they patched the ceiling with a piece of plywood and used joint compoud and paint to cover it. Now it is showingsince water statrs to bubble where the joint compound is). I talked tomy friend who's a real estate agent and he said that everything shouldhave been disclosed to us even though we bought the house as is. Alsohe said that we should have had a home inspection/roof inspection evenbefore we bought the house. I called up my agent, whom I trusted then,and asked her why didnt we have our home inspection or roof inspectionwhen we were buying this house. ( we didnt know that these werenecessary when purchasing a home since we were first time home buyers). Her reply to me was we did not get any home inspection because wedid a 100% financing! ( is this true?!) Now its been raining again andmy roofs leaking even worse. I am concerned with our health because nowmolds are coming out of my drywall, specially I have my 10 month olddaughter crawling around the house. Please advise me of the steps thatshould be taken. It seems like my agent just got her commission andthats it! She didnt even see the house when we were buying it. All shedid was deal with the owner of the house over the phone. Sherepresented bought seller and myself on this transaction. Pleasehelp....