Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

I purchased a condo. The neighbor says that the prior owner of my condo routinely flooded the front deck, thereby causing dry rot to his side of our common deck. He says I have to pay for the repairs to his side. I say that liability for property damage does not run with the land, and that his only recourse is against the prior owner who caused the damage. He should have done something about it before it was sold to me. Am I right?


Asked on 2/25/14, 12:42 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Although I have not researched this particular question, and legal research is beyond the scope of what you get for free here, I am very certain that you are correct. Absent something in the CC&R's or other basis for attaching the liability to the condo, it would not run with the "land."

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Answered on 2/25/14, 12:52 pm


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