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I recently closed escrow and took possession of my first home. The seller was not present at the final walk through or exchange of keys, and I never met the seller. Escrow is now closed. The seller has my money, and I have the deed recorded in my name.
The seller has a unique name and is easily Google-able with social media profiles. I may contact the former owner to ask if there is anything he'd like to disclose now that the deal is finalized. For example:
1. The kitchen disposal may work fine right now, but a month ago it was emitting sparks under the sink. OR,
2. Every November and March hundreds of migrating geese roost on the roof.
Would sellers (who've closed escrow) share these types of things with the new owner? Or, are there legal implications that make it best for the former owner to not share anything further?
It seems that the owner has a legal obligation to disclose any major problems that could form the basis of a later non-it disclosure action. Morally, an owner should probably disclose serious issues that he would want to know of (beforehand) under similar circumstances.
In the examples given, the disposal could constitute a fire hazard ... and the latter might give the new owner a chance to get his house listed in Ripley's Believe it or Not.
The disposal is a non-issue. Just replace it. It can't be proven one way or another.
As to the geese, that's an interesting item if it could be established that it had something to do with him selling the house.
Personally, I would just get on with my life and live with it. I'm sure there must be some way to discourage those geese.
I would not contact the seller except through an attorney and you will incur a lot of legal expenses. This is probably a time to move on. I think you are just inviting trouble.
The seller is not your new landlord and has no further responsibility towards you. Once escrow closes, the house is all yours and the seller is done and finished, and most likely does not want to hear from you.
If I woke up tomorrow and there were hundreds of migrating geese standing on my roof, I'd grab a camera. What a sight! But no, I don't think the seller needs to disclose the migration patterns of geese.
If the kitchen sink disposal works fine, and your home inspector didn't find it to be a problem, then I don't see what the seller needs to do here either. It works.
Is there any condition you've discovered that is serious enough that you would choose to reverse the home purchase (if that were an option)?
We never met the buyers of our house and never wanted to-we left the house in perfect condition and had disclosed any and everything and had everything known repaired (company paid relo so they paid repairs) problem was that the buyers somehow got my email address and have sent me emails everytime something has not worked or they have questions...I changed emails and then out of the blue I get another email about something else...a maintenance issue finally I said enough..."Glad your enjoying the house -I hope your future goes well....but we are very busy with our new home too..hope you find someone to help with maintenance of the house." If the disposer has an issue put a new one in....as for geese whatever...we used to have about 500 black birds land in our yard every three or four years-sometimes my neighbors yard-not something I would feel the need to disclose..
and if I were the former owner, I might be wondering if you are a stalker.
Uh huh. If my buyer contacted me with questions along the lines of "anything I should know about?..." I would say - "nope - enjoy" even if I knew you were sitting on an ancient burial ground.
Neighbors? please....wouldn't have told them anything either - especially not in the year leading up to the sale (yes most people know they are selling for a year or so, despite what they tell the neighbors).
I actually live in the same subdivision as the people who sold me my house - can actually walk right over to their house if I want - and would never consider telling them what is right or wrong with the place. It's ours now - for better for for worse.
I recently closed escrow and took possession of my first home. The seller was not present at the final walk through or exchange of keys, and I never met the seller. Escrow is now closed. The seller has my money, and I have the deed recorded in my name.
The seller has a unique name and is easily Google-able with social media profiles. I may contact the former owner to ask if there is anything he'd like to disclose now that the deal is finalized. For example:
1. The kitchen disposal may work fine right now, but a month ago it was emitting sparks under the sink. OR,
2. Every November and March hundreds of migrating geese roost on the roof.
Would sellers (who've closed escrow) share these types of things with the new owner? Or, are there legal implications that make it best for the former owner to not share anything further?
LOL are you nuts? The time for disclosure is over, friend. That and the time for you to do your job with your inspections is long gone. If a buyer googled me and started messaging me on my private facebook page I would not be too happy.
If you found a major material fact had been withheld that affected the value of the property, that's a different matter.
You had an inspection and (hopefully) resolved any issues with the seller that were documented in the inspection report. You most likely had an "out" in your contract if the seller refused to make repairs or price concessions. The deal closed so it is safe to say there were no such issues or they were resolved. Stop fantasizing about stalking the seller and move on with your life.
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