<prompt> Human: Edit: Thanks to advice from sockalicious and others, the current owner will be paying the immediate expenses at the time of the closing, with is rider of consideration should anything show up in the next one year period. Thank you all for your help and advice! Hello PF! Longtime fan! Would like some advice. We are within one week of the closing date and title signing on our first home. Weve been scrambling to get all of the different things done that the bank requires, and one of the very last things to get done was the WDO, or wood destroying organism certification. Whats making this a little difficult is that our realtor is also the current homeowners realtor. Shes in a tough spot. It unfolded in a random trip to the home, where I was going to take a look at some of the outside features. Home owner was there and invited me in. One room reeked of pesticide. Due to a move inmove out of someone recently, owner informed me that hed found two dead bedbugs in one bedroom. Realtor called me later in the day, saying that I REALLY needed to talk to the man that had performed the WDO. Hed seen some things that he needed to talk to me about. Shes in that sticky middle spot, so I contacted him. The owner had informed him while he was performing the inspection that hed actually been battling the bed bug issue for months, but the inspector said that due to the other rooms still being occupied, he did his inspection but did not examine the beds that were still there. This guy is known to the realtor as being a respectable person with 30 years in the pest control business. His urging was that the entire home should be treated as a precaution, and I agree. His hands were tied as his WDO was that only, wood destroying organisms, but that he saw more than 30 all dead bed bugs in that one bedroom, not the 2 as the owner had said. He felt obligated to help us, having seen what he did. A usual treatment of a house this size could be up to 2K, but we were able to work out a very agreeable amount of 400. My question is: Having known the bugs were an issue the entire time we were expressing interest in the home, should the current owner be responsible for this bill? My dream is to smack down the receipt at the title signing and request repayment, but is this lawful? Would it be considered a small claims court issue if he doesnt agree to pay? Im thinking bad faith but I dont know if that counts in this situation. We are buying the house as-is. Assistant: Id call your realtor and explain that the cost of getting rid of the bed bugs needs to be paid by the current owner given the reasoning youve laid out. It is probable that the seller will agree to eat the 400.Id also suggest you get this done quickly so you can ensure the problem is taken care of before you close. A coworker of mine ended up with a bedbug problem and it ended up being a very time consuming and expensive problem to solve.Human: Signing on the 7th, de-bugging on the 8th, moving in on the 9th. And yes, its expensive! The small jar of starter for spraying is 175 from what Ive been told.  <response>: Ill just reiterate that I strongly suggest you ensure the problem is resolved before closing. I know this is your first purchase and youd stated that you wont walk away at this point, but this is a really serious issue that could cost you substantially in the long run. This is one of the largest personal financial decisions youll make in your life, dont make it an emotional one. 