FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida man says he was deceived when he bought a tiny strip of land at an online county auction, thinking it was a $177,000 villa.
Instead, first-time auction bidder Kerville Holness paid $9,100 for a parcel 1 foot wide by and 100 feet long valued at $50, the Sun-Sentinel reported. Holness is hoping the county will void the deal and return his money.
"It's deception," Holness told the Sun-Sentinel. "There was no demarcation to show you it's just a line going through (the villa duplex), even though they have the tools to show that."
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However, the Broward County property appraiser website and county tax information indicate the parcel is 100 square feet and a foot wide and has no building value, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
State law does not allow them to make a refund to Holness, officials told the Sun-Sentinel.