When Solwest LLC agreed to buy a beautifully decorated old bank building in Cicero “as is” for $1.1 million, the company tried to avoid expensive surprises by negotiating a supplemental rider that required the seller, Fifth Third Bank, to hand over all engineering and geological “studies and reports” about the property. Solwest, a law firm owned by Manuel Solis, then had 45 days to cancel the contract. After the deal closed in 2012 and the air conditioning went kaput, Solwest found out that in 2008 HVAC contractors gave …