Posted by Rachel on 8/30/08

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We recently moved into a condo. The very first rain storm
brought immediate complaints from two downstairs neighbors
that they had water damage on their ceilings directly under
our exterior doors. Further discussions revealed that one
of those units had had problems before, and that the owner
of our unit had provided a "bandaid fix." He placed a bead
of caulk along the edge of the door sill. This temporarily
stalled the problem. Meanwhile, the next door unit had the
same problem. They took a more serious approach to fixing
the problem and learned that at construction, no flashing
was installed under the door sill. Because our doors and
some of the building structure will need to be fully removed
to install flashing, estimates for a fix are coming in at
$10,000. The warranties on our condo have expired and we
cannot go after the builder. Does our seller's band-aid fix
adequately address this problem in the eyes of the law? Or
should he have disclosed to us that there were known
material defects?

Seller's disclosure obligations, 8/30/08, by Rachel.

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