Brought a property on contaminated land, solicitor didnt advise of resale risks. What are my rights?
Should i have carried out land searches or is it something my solicitor shouldve done. I am quite worried because i've found out details since i moved in that the land is dangerous! Can i be compensated for buying when my solicitor hadnt warned me of health risks or resale problems? Can you get a refund on your mortgage? we new we were next to contaminated land when we bought just not advised of the implications.
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- You will have to take him to court. There is supposed to be full disclosure when a solicitor knowingly sells a damaged good to you. It should be an easy case if he knew about the problem beforehand.
- Look at your purchase agreement, if it was not specified, contact an attorney.
- A heard about a simillar situation on the news the other night. http://wbztv.com/local/home.landfill.contaminated.2.705744.html If you want more information, just go to google news and type "house, landfill." I know it's not much, but hope that helps!
- If all that is true you should have already gotten lawyer and started a case against the seller,the real estate person and everybody else that should have reasonably known the secrets concerning that property....If you haven't closed on the mortgage then don't....There are definitely misrepresentation issues here...but justice will not come to you...you have to defend yourself
