1. The leakage of the second-hand house shall be handled by the seller. According to the law, the seller should carry out maintenance and bear certain contractual responsibilities. If the water still leaks after maintenance, the buyer can claim to terminate the contract. You can generally choose to negotiate. If negotiation fails, it can also be settled through litigation.
2. Legal basis: Article 500th of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
In the process of concluding a contract, if one of the following circumstances causes losses to the other party, the parties shall be liable for compensation:
(1) Concluding a contract under the guise of malicious negotiation;
(2) Deliberately concealing important facts related to the conclusion of a contract or providing false information;
(three) there are other acts that violate the principle of good faith.
Article 582
If the performance is not in conformity with the agreement, it shall bear the liability for breach of contract in accordance with the agreement of the parties. If the liability for breach of contract is not stipulated or clearly stipulated and cannot be determined according to the provisions of Article 510 of this Law, the injured party may reasonably choose to require the other party to bear the liability for breach of contract such as repair, rework, replacement, return, price reduction or remuneration according to the nature of the subject matter and the size of the loss.
Second, how to protect rights when there are problems with housing quality?
The ways to protect the rights of housing quality problems are as follows:
1, if the main structure and foundation engineering of the house have quality problems, the construction unit must repair them as long as they are within the service life of the building;
2. If there are other housing quality problems, you can find a developer to repair them during the warranty period.