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Unique-Public-8594 t1_itpud3z wrote

Just my humble opinion:

Lots of owners aren’t as smart as you are about evidence of termites.

Lots of owners put a coat of fresh paint on to dress up a property for sale.

The one responsible, in my opinion, is the expert home inspector who I would think has insurance for this type of situation (legal claim against their inspection).

Go that route.

Proving seller knew might be impossible. Fresh paint isn’t proof of knowledge. Let that go. It will eat at you worse than the termites.

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petefromeastpete t1_itpz85x wrote

You’ve got a really good point. What’s the saying, “Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity?” It is definitely plausible that the previous owners did not realize there was a problem, painted to make it look nice to sell, and did not intend to deceive OP. For that matter, I suppose it’s possible this happened with the owner before them, and they never even knew. OP should definitely investigate this from a legal aspect, but if they don’t get satisfaction they can’t let this eat at them for the next 30 years.

I really appreciate your perspective on this.

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