when you buy a house and the owner had to put in new septic but it has problems who is responsible you or them

Answer 1

you are likely going to have to deal with it, that doesn't nescessarily mean PAY for it though. i mean you'll have to do the phone calling, legwork, etc.

if there are signs that the seller knew about the flaws before the sale and concealed their knowledge the seller should pay for it. i assume there was a disclosure form that is used to disclose known flaws and it was not listed.

contact your agent to contact their agent to put the seller on notice. ask for them to pay for the repairs

next contact the contractor and see if the seller had called him about the flaws prior to the sale. [if so, the sellers did commit fraud and the contractor's sworn statement of that contact would force the seller to fix it.]

while you have him on the phone, see if he'll fix it. even without a expressed warranty you still do have certain rights, it is just a matter if those rights transfer and/or bind the contractor to you the buyer. there is a term called, "implied warranty of merchantability". it mean if something is purchased to serve a purpose it must be able to serve that purpose. depending on the flaw you should have a claim

Answer 2

If the new system was under warranty, the contractor. If its not warranted or the warranty has expired, the new owner.

Answer 3

what is in the contract of sale? Have the lawyer hold $5000 in 'escrow' for a year to make sure there are no problems.