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Just Bought A House And It's Turning Out There's Likely A Huge Plumbing Issue That Wasn't Disclosed.

So, sorry for the length up front. My family and I are moving back to my home state following completion of my service obligation to the US Army.

We found a house we liked in a city near our family's, and closed a few days ago. This house was a remodel that was technically a "new build" as it was ripped to studs and completely redone. There were a few issues at inspection, mostly minor, one of which happened to be the hot water not working. Our inspector noted, "malfunction in hot water heater, unable to confirm hot water." They were unable to further elaborate, the problem being outside their scope.

As part of the final concession package, money was put aside by the seller to fix several issues, including the hot water. We assumed, erroneously, that the problem was indeed the hot water heater itself.

After extensive inspection by both a third party plumber and myself, we have confirmed that the problem is a line cross somewhere else in the house. We tested the low hanging fruit possibilities, and unfortunately none of those etiologies were explanatory.

In other words, the plumber who installed the water heater and indeed plumbed the remainder of the house must have crossed a line somewhere.

Due to the way the house is built, trying to find exactly where this happened is going to difficult and expensive. We are trying to work with the original plumber, but he is being difficult. FWIW or home inspection group has said that if there is indeed a crossed line it would constitute negligence on the part of the plumber contracted for the home. I will additionally note that in this city a city plumbing inspector also verifies the work and signed off on the plumbing in the home.

I believe I am likely SOL as far as this goes, but I'm wondering if there is any recourse at all for me considering the accused negligence and the likelihood that the house likely NEVEr had hot water at any point (this was not disclosed prior to closing).

FWIW: we are in NOLA

TLDR: home purchased with undisclosed plumbing issue that almost certainly was known about prior to closing, going to cost an arm and a leg to fix

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