I purchased my first home a year ago in April, at the time of closing, as dictated by the closing docutments
the seller was to pay $600.00 toward new siding from a settlement they got for the defective siding that was used that they had yet to apply to repairing the house. The seller wrote a personal check to a vendor who I had gotten an estimate from. The check was given to me (which I still have to this day). Unfortunatly a few weeks after the sale, the vendor that the check was written to went out of business, meaning that I can no longer use the check that they wrote to have my siding replaced. I wrote several letters to the seller and heard nothing back. I got ahold of him on the phone and he said he had talked to his real estate agent and that he would write another check to a vendor if we got him an estimate of the work we were getting done. I sent him this information over a month ago and have still heard nothing. Should I go ahead and start working with my attorney to get a demand letter written up? Do I have any rights since it was in all of the closing docutments?
Contacting your attorney may be the best course of action at this time. This one is a reminder of "Murphy's Law" and also the importance of cashing a check ASAP.
Good luck
good morning....have your attorney write a letter and tell the seller to write the check payable to you and to footnote the memo portion to reflect what the check is for...send it registered mail w/ proof of delivery or p/u..confirmation..give them a specific time period to respond...best of luck, bob mcclure- success mortgage partners- plymouth, michigan...
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