Answers by Chris Sturgeon

That is such a frustrating situation! You may be able to get the seller's to pay for it, but will unfortunately not be simple. If you can prove that this is a situation that the seller's knew about but did not disclose, then they would guilty of fraud. You would have to be able to prove that they knew about though, and that can be tricky. Your next step would be to threaten a law suit and see if they will agree to pay for the repairs rather than go through the courts (b/c that is a huge hassle!) In Colorado, our contract defines that the loosing party in the law suit has to pay court costs for both sides but I don't know if that is true in Missouri