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If it can be proven that the owner knew about a problem and failed to disclose it on the required form, you might be able to hold them responsible for paying for the repair. If the seller and/or their realtor intentionally defrauded you, you can seek damages amounting to double the cost of repairs.

A. 5: Offering to pay part of your commission to a buyer or seller in a transaction is considered an inducement that must be disclosed in the purchase contract.

Examples of material facts that must be disclosed include structural problems with the house, soil problems, a leaking roof, unpermitted construction, neighborhood noise problems, and anything else that a buyer would deem to be important.

The residential property disclosure law requires the seller to provide the RPDF to a purchaser before entering into a contract. As the contract was entered into in 2022, before the new form was mandatory, the seller met this obligation by providing the prior version to the buyers.

Ohio real estate sellers are required to give a completed disclosure form to prospective home buyers (that is, to people with whom they might enter into a purchase contract) "as soon as is practicable." (See Ohio Revised Code § 5302.30(C).)

Ohio Law on Residential Property Disclosures It mandates filling out a Residential Property Disclosure Form, which is meant to alert prospective home buyers to known problems with the property: roof leaks, electrical troubles, malfunctioning appliances, pests, and so on.