一名男子花了9100美元在佛罗里达买了一栋别墅，实际上他买了30厘米宽的草坪

A South Florida Man thought he had hit the jackpot when his $13,000 bid on what he thought was an online auction for a villa, but it turns out he grossly overpaid for a 30cm by 3m strip of land worth $50.

南佛罗里达州一名男子以为自己中了头彩，以1.3万美元拍下了一处他认为是网上拍卖的别墅，但事实证明，他买到的是一块30厘米宽、3米长、实际价值为50美元的狭长土地。

Kerville Holness, a first-time auction bidder, couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that his $9,100 bid for a villa in South Florida’s Spring Lake community had been declared the winner. However, everything came crashing down when he learned that what he thought was the bargain of a lifetime turned out to be a cruel joke. It turns out poor Kerville overaid for a narrow strip of land that starts on a curb and goes under a wall separating two villas and then out to the back of the lot. Although the appraiser’s site and information on the county’s tax site states that the land has no building values, the buyer claims that the photos used on the auction site were deceptive.

Kerville Holness是第一次参加拍卖会的人，当他看到自己以9100美元的价格在南佛罗里达州春湖社区(Spring Lake community)购买的一栋别墅被宣布中标时，简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。然而，当他得知自己认为是一生难得的机会，结果却是一个残酷的笑话时，一切都崩溃了。虽然估价人的网站和县税务局网站上的信息表明土地没有建筑价值，但买家声称拍卖网站上使用的照片是欺骗性的。

Photo: Google

“It’s deception,” a disgruntled 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.”

“这是骗局，”一个心怀不满的霍尔尼斯对太阳哨兵说。“没有分界来显示这只是一条穿过(复式别墅)的线，尽管他们有工具来显示这一点。”

“If I’m vindictive enough, I can cut right through the garage wall and the home to get to my air space, but what use would that be to me?” the buyer added.

“如果我有足够的报复心，我可以直接穿过车库的墙壁和房子，进入我的空间，但这对我有什么用呢?“买家补充道。

Unfortunately, because there was information available online that showed the land had no building value, experts say that there is not a lot Holness can do at this point. However, he insists that the property appraiser photos linked to the auction site clearly show a villa on the piece of land he made a bid on. To be fair, not even local officials know why the narrow strip was never attached to either of the adjoining properties.

不幸的是，由于网上有信息显示这块土地没有建筑价值，专家们说，在这一点上，土地的完整性没有多大作用。不过，他坚称，与拍卖网站链接的房产估价师照片清楚显示，他出价购买的那块土地上有一栋别墅。公平地说，连当地官员都不知道为什么这条狭长的地带从来没有与相邻的两处房产相连。

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For now, Kerville Holness is stuck with a patch of land worth about $50, and $9,100 less in his bank account. To make matters worse, county laws reportedly do not allow refunds. Ouch!

目前，科尔维尔·霍尔尼斯(Kerville Holness)的一小块土地价值约为50美元，而他的银行账户里却少了9100美元。更糟的是，据报道，法律上不允许退款。哎哟!