Buyer beware when purchasing a home using Keller Williams of Bedford, NH. Made an offer on 954 Belmont Street, Manchester NH, owned by Tara DiZillo, which was accepted. Purchase and sales agreement was signed 3/10/13. We were only a few weeks from closing. Paid for a home inspection, lead inspection and home appraisal (over $1,000 in fees). All set to close when we received a call from an insurance agent who researched past claims on the home. On 2/16/13; just a few weeks before the home was put on the market the seller had spent THOUSANDS on decontamination from MOLD that was affecting seller's health. Other than decontamination, seller did nothing to rectify the cause of the source of the mold. Slapped on new paint all around and put it on the market immediately. Did not mention contamination/remediation in disclosure. Inspection would have shown no mold problem as it was professionally decontaminated (have a letter from mold remediation company as proof). Seller was represented by Keller Williams Bedford NH agent Kelly Erwin (apparently a close family friend of seller) who we are told likened it to a railing that had been repaired - why would you disclose it - it's been fixed.
We immediately stopped the purchase transaction. Then spoke with broker Alan Rice of KW Bedford, who made the excuse that the seller probably didn't know it should've been disclosed - just a mistake. Made excuses for the seller's "error." He was condescending and rude. When we think of how close we came to possible financial ruin and the risk of serious health complications when the mold grows back, it's infuriating. It concerns us that someone else (maybe with small children?) will move into this home some day, not knowing, as it's only like they "fixed a broken railing."
Our home was listed with a great agent at Keller Williams, but because we cannot support the mindset of Alan Rice's Keller Williams of Bedford, we canceled our contract and will sign with another realtor.
How the people involved can have a clear conscience and feel good about what they almost pulled off is inconceivable.
Again - buyer beware. read more