June 8, 2009
Dear George: We purchased a home three days ago. We were told by the agent that the house had a sprinkler system; however, the water was turned off, so we couldn't test it. This morning, we turned on the sprinkler system—it's broken and it flooded the front yard. Is there anything we can do?
Answer: Call a sprinkler-repair company. Have them identify the problem. Repairing a sprinkler system is usually not that costly. Unless the repair is outrageously expensive and the seller provided you with a disclosure notice stating that the sprinkler system was working, you should spend your money on repairing the sprinkler instead of hiring a lawyer.
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