Help-list says boiler intact but actually broken, lesson learned

[Amy Hu]

Hi-

We bought a property last year in Cleveland and did heavy rehab on it.

The original listing says clearly that "boiling system intact" . Recently my contractor reported that the boiler is totally not working and need to be replaced. We got a few bids and paid $8250 to have it replaced.

I went back to inspection report and realized that boiler was not inspected. MY PM said it's because the property didn't have utility at that time so there's no way to do inspection.

I'm frustrated. How could the Ads clearly states "intact" when the boiler actually doesn't work at all?

What can I do? Help! 

How can I avoid prevent this kind of loss in future? Thanks for your input

[Russell Brazil]

Intact does not mean functioning .

Next time have the utilities turned on so you can do a full inspection.