Location: OKC
Hi all,
My wife and I recently bought our first home, yay! The owner was also the seller side realtor. She had purchased this house for $120k last year and renovated it (flipped it).
We purchased the house for a good bit more (we were very confused as to why it sold so low before, as it was valued at well over 200k) . She did a really good job flipping it, completely updated and remodeled, looks great..however, after we moved in the neighbors stopped and asked us if we knew about the history of the house. Turns out the prior owner had 35 cats (+5 that were "in various stages of decomposition"). The prior owner was arrested for animal abuse and the house was then sold to the flipper who I purchased it from. There's literally a local news story on YouTube about the house. People in hazmat suits, etc. Absolutely crazy.
The sellers disclosures were "unaware of any potential issues as they had never lived there."
Now that we've moved in I've found a few troublesome cat urine spots that I'm having to tear out and replace. Super infuriating - as the seller 100% knew of these issues, as that was part of their renovation. They honestly did a great job, there's only two spots that smell of cat urine and shellac has helped immensely, but I still feel very lied to. Im also worried that more spots/smells will come out in the warmer weather
Is there any legal recourse here?