Decaestecker v. Belluardo, 22218 (5-2-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a summary judgment for Defendants, John and Barbara Belluardo, on a claim for relief alleging their fraudulent nondisclosure of a latent defect in residential real property Defendants sold to Plaintiffs, James and Jennifer Decaestecker.

{¶ 2} The property is a parcel of residential real property located at 1035 Hidden Ridge Lane in Montgomery County. Defendants had owned and occupied the property since 1995 when they sold it to Plaintiffs in the summer of 2002.

{¶ 3} The residence situated on the property is a large, single-family home. It was built in 1929.…