re: Homeowners of the OT: Home warranties

The inspector at the last house we bought told the seller the water heater in the attic above the garage was in an emergency condition and needed to be fixed/replaced immediately, whether the house sold or not. The homeowner called AHS, their warranty company and the guy who looked at it said it was fine - just surface rust.

Fast forward and less than a week after closing, the water heater blew, damaging the attic and garage drywall. We also used AHS so we called them. The guy they sent out said they wouldn’t do anything since the heater was in such bad shape when it was inspected before closing. Our realtor raised holy hell and threatened AHS would never sell another policy for houses she sold and AHS agreed to buy us a new water heater.

Don’t waste your money.