u/CurrentlyNa

Ok so my wife applied and got her dream job across the country so in a few days we’re looking to list our house. We’ve been living in our house for 4 yrs and in that 4 years water has seeped into the finished basement on 3 occasions. It can handle rain no problem but on occasional when we’d get like down pouring rain for like days on end it can get wet. This is in Northwest Indiana.

It leaks in the same 2 spots one by the laundry room next to the sump pump so no issues but the other one is in the downstairs bedroom. With that I’ve pulled off the baseboard and just leave it rested against the wall in case it ever does start to get wet I could just put towels down to seep up the water.

With that background information, what is the best way to go about selling our house. I don’t want to be scum and of course I will properly disclose this, but we’ve gotten three quotes all around $17,000 to fix this which didn’t seem reasonable because of how seldom it happens and and again only when we get downpours for days on ends

Recently bought a home, and of course, when touring and when inspecting, you are wearing shoes (or at least I assume so). Anyway, I never noticed that when walking either with socks or barefoot in a few spots, there are edges of some of the hardwood flooring that seem higher, not like a trip hazard, but you can definitely feel it if you run your foot across.

Is this just a bad install or floors expanding and contradicting due to climate? Or is it signs of a bigger problem