I know what you mean about selling a house and then having the new owners come back at you, it’s certainly not something I’d want either. I really would prefer not to bother the sellers, because it would seem pretty hard to prove (though it’s hard to believe they didn’t know that their sprinklers were saturating the house which can cause serious damage), I really think the inspector was responsible to look closely at the foundation and exterior walls – that’s what we paid him to do. He missed it and now we are stuck with a 10,000 bill for repairs. Oh the joys of homeownership. We are just trying to figure out what to do, either just eat the cost or attempt to get some of the reapirs reimbursed by the inspector with the assistance of an attorney.