Saturday, May 30, 2009

Seller of House is Not Guarantor of its Condition

In Brown v. Carter (2D08-3993), the Second District reversed the trial court and held:

In Johnson, the Florida Supreme Court held that "where the seller of a home knows of facts materially affecting the value of the property which are not readily observable and are not known to the buyer, the seller is under a duty to disclose them to the buyer." 480 So. 2d at 629.
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"Johnson does not convert a seller of a house into a guarantor of the condition of the house." Slitor v. Elias, 544 So. 2d 255, 258 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). As such, the trial court erred in finding that the Browns were obligated to disclose the nature and extent of the work performed to install the pool. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment on appeal and remand for the entry of judgment in favor of the Browns.

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