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Updated about 4 years ago,
Duplex in Cleveland listed as Triplex
We locked up listed Triplex in a Cleveland Ohio. Large, high ceiling 2BD/1Ba Third unit did not have stove and during our due diligence, we found out that Cleveland Heights City zoned it as Duplex and County zoned it as Triplex (this they listed it as triplex). City Building planner emailed us back and said that county zoning has no bearable on city zoning ordinance. We were supposed to close in the next few days. RE agent has reporting this is common for Cleveland (esp for Heights area) and does not think we should ask for price reduction and that we “should have known” when we saw lack of stove on third floor. Anybody has experience? How should we proceed? Our RE agent does not seem to be on our side here, we might have hard time getting our earnest money/appraisal back. We strongly think this was mid-represented as it is zoned as duplex but being sold as triplex. Appreciate any advice