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Hello, hoping I could get some advice on the legal responsibilities of a seller. Two weeks ago I closed on a 98 year old two family townhouse in Greenpoint. I returned home yesterday, after the heavy rain to find about three inches of water on the basement floor. I find it very hard to believe that this is the first time this type of flooding has occurred. Is it the seller responsible for disclosing this to me? What is my best recourse? Do I contact the seller directly to try and work something out amicably? Do I contact the seller’s attorney, or should I just contact my own attorney and file suit? And advice would be greatly appreciated.