Buyers v. Seller regarding Sound Insulation and Building Standard Warranty

In a sale of a condominium where warranty was excluded, the buyers withheld a portion of the purchase price claiming various defects, principally concerning sound insulation, which they argued was implicitly guaranteed by the seller's advertising phrase "oasis of tranquility" and an explicit confirmation in the purchase agreement stating the purchase of an "excellent property with a very good building standard." The court reasoned that while "oasis of tranquility" only referred to the quiet surroundings, the seller's confirmation of a "very good building standard" constituted an assurance of a specific, objectively verifiable quality, allowing the buyers to reasonably assume an enhanced level of sound insulation as an essential characteristic of the property, notwithstanding the general exclusion of warranty.