35 Times People Bought Homes And Noticed They Were Tricked Way Too Late

My first ever house! The tiles hit me on their way down. I got out of the shower and simply walked away to make a coffee because I can not mentally handle this yet.

Just bought this house a year ago and after an unforeseen leak, i discovered that when this basement was finished a few years ago, they encapsulated the main support beam. I doubt that it looked intact at that time.

The leak i had was also the result of the previous owners cutting corners in the wet bar, plumbing the drain not at all to code.

Long story short, what we thought was hvac damage from upstairs turned out to be the previous owner covered up water damage in the subfloor before we bought it.

House was built in 2001. She sold it to us in 2017 after putting new floors in. Turned out the crawlspace had a bad design causing water damage, the only thing keeping us from falling through the subfloor were the boards on top.

So in total, $25000 damages in drywall/mold upstairs from hvac improper install. $20000 for new hvac and air ducts. $5k and blood sweat and tears to encapsulate crawlspace. $10000 for new flooring. $12k new subfloor. Insurance wont touch any of it. Hvac company insurance only offering $10k. This is the culmination of 4 years of fighting to save the house.This is our first home ever too.

The inspector may have missed some things.

Adjuster came out this morning. Interior will be covered for water damage. We don't know about the exterior. I had two inspections done under USDA requirements before I bought it, moved in 2023.

Only found this after I heard dripping in the wall during a rainstorm last week. Ripped it open and water was gushing in around the chimney. Insurance won't cover "rot" but how was anyone supposed to know about this?

For context, we bought our house in March and this happened in July. It's since been repaired.

The inspector we hired after this happened said it was caused by a combination of shoddy craftsmanship, not having proper ventilation in the attic, and the heat/humidity getting trapped in there.

Inspector didn't realize the shed had it's own wiring, he assumed it was connected to the house breaker.

Have to get a whole new water main installed, also facing a $1,000+ water bill due to wasted water.

While trying to plant a cherry tree in my yard I kept hitting hard things about 4 inches below the surface. I was really hoping they'd be some large cool stones I could add to my landscaping, but nope. It was just bottles and bottles and bottles and tons more broken glass bottles.

This is not my first experience finding trash in my yard. When we first bought the place 5 years ago we cleared out a lot of garbage from the backyard but I did not expect so much underneath the soil. I dug two feet deep and was still finding whole glass bottles.

Bought a house from flippers a year ago. We kept seeing this brown stuff come down and had it looked at for leaks in the pipes. Nope, just smoke reside from the painted over ceiling and walls. Lucky me.

Definitely selling this house. My grandparents chain smoked in their house and I refuse to live in a house that has been a chain smoke house.

Bought me and my daughter our first home, and one of the bedrooms has a huge leak from the ceiling. Fun times.

Bought the house 4 years ago and they had painted over this crack, but it was barely noticeable. Now it is widening. We live on a hill. Normal house settling? Yes, I’ll be calling a contractor.

We bought this house 4 months ago. First it was the plumbing (month one), now this. Inspection said all is well (except they couldn’t get under crawl space, realtor said it was fine).