Call the attorney any way.
The problem is I sort of know what he means. We'll probably have to take them to court over this. I'll probably have to pay my attorney to do so. I don't have any more money. I know if I win I can recoup my attorney's fees from them, but I have to a) win and b) collect.
And who knows how long a lawsuit will even take to begin with? Plus, the seller's dad is our CPA and has been for years. I don't think my parents want to switch CPAs... my friend said "It will cost you far less to find a new accountant" and he's right.
My friends are looking out for me and they're all saying I should do something, that this isn't right, and I should almost definitely be able to get money from them to fix the damage. Not that my dad isn't looking out for me but I think he's of the mindset "I'll just fix it myself and who cares."
I care that they lied. I really, really care that they lied. And I really care that I have no more money because of all the disasters we've uncovered in this house. Most of them I can't do anything about. We can't prove they knew. This one I can nail them on, we can prove they knew because THEY TRIED TO FIX IT.
Maybe I'm just being vindictive about it. Maybe since everything else has been such a disaster I'm seizing on this one and going "I GOT YOU NOW, AND I'LL GET YOU," and it's completely inappropriate.
All I know is I bought my house in August, it's April and I still haven't moved in, I have no idea when I'll be able to move in, my agility foundations course that I dished out more money than I could realistically afford right now is about to start and I can't even use my big agility yard to work my dog in, my dog who is getting older every day and I'm so far behind with, I just want to sit down and cry, and I'm tired of feeling this way.
I e-mailed my realtor to ask his advice on if I can do anything anyway or if I should just not even bother calling my lawyer. He's become a friend over time anyway so I'm hoping he'll have something sensible and not emotional to add.