A family who bought a home in regional Victoria without seeing it in person say they have been cleaning for a month but can't live in it because of its vile state.
Maretta Osgood 's move to regional Victoria after spending six years in Western Australia has been soured by a find that made one of her sons physically sick.
"I told this real estate agent that I was in Western Australia and didn't have any family at the time that could come and view it, and they did not indicate that a viewing would affect any decision ,She said the property was full of rubbish when she arrived with her sons in March late one night after flying over from WA, but that didn't bother her.But she said they were confronted by an overwhelming smell when she turned the key to the front door.
"If the agent had said to me there is animal dirt from front to back I could not and I would not have bought it because it was a terrible psychological and physical danger to my son.Warracknabeal rolls up its sleevesShe said their out-of-pocket costs would be at least $10,000 to cover their short-term accommodation and rubbish removal.
He said in Ms Osgood's case, if the impact of the soilage was significant enough to warrant the local council to advise against living there, then it should have been disclosed.While it is against the law for agents in Victoria to knowingly conceal material facts about a property, Mr Cain said it could be difficult to determine what constituted a material fact.
Mr Caine gave the example of a buyer with respiratory complications interested in buying a house near a chemical plant.He said even if there was no legal requirement to disclose this information to the buyer, "ethically, agents should be disclosing that information if they know it might have an impact on the experience of the purchaser."
But Ms Bakos said while agents had to act ethically, responsibly and honestly — their duty was to the vendor, and buyers could not assume agents would represent their interests.Gold Coast couple forced to demolish termite-riddled home just months after purchaseBodies found in Mexico's north-west after Australian brothers disappearThe belly of a plane opens over Gaza and food tumbles out.
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