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Lot owner stunned to find $500K home accidentally built on her lot. Now she’s being sued
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:24 pm
WPIX (reddit)
quote:Man, I wish someone would build me a free house on land I purchased on the cheap at auction
A woman is headed to court after a Hawaii construction company built a half-million-dollar house on the wrong property.
Annaleine Reynolds says she was shocked to find a home built on a lot she purchased in Puna, Hawaii, in 2018 at a county tax auction for about $22,500.
While in California, the lot was bulldozed, and a house was built there. Reynolds said she knew nothing about the three-bedroom, two-bath home being built, now valued at $500,000.
She found out about the home when she got a call last year from a real estate broker.
“He told me, ‘I just sold the house, and it happens to be on your property. So, we need to resolve this', and I was like, what? Are you kidding me?”
Local developer Keaau Development Partnership hired PJ’s Construction to build about a dozen homes on the properties the developer bought in the subdivision. But the company accidentally built one on Reynolds’ lot.
To add insult to injury, Reynolds is being sued by the property’s developers. The developers say they offered to swap Reynolds a lot that is next door to hers or to sell her the house at a discount.
Reynolds has refused both offers.
“It would set a dangerous precedent if you could go onto someone else’s land, build anything you want, and then sue that individual for the value of it,” James DiPasquale, Reynold’s attorney, told Hawaii News Now.
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Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:26 pm to HubbaBubba
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Lot owner stunned to find $500K home accidentally built on her lot. Now she’s being sued
In New York, they'd call that "Enhanced Squatting".
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:30 pm to HubbaBubba
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“It would set a dangerous precedent if you could go onto someone else’s land, build anything you want, and then sue that individual for the value of it,” James DiPasquale, Reynold’s attorney, told Hawaii News Now.
I concur.
I hope the courts just give her the house
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:34 pm to HubbaBubba
Sounds like she just got a free house
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:34 pm to HubbaBubba
Man, i wonder what the adverse possession laws are like in Hawaii. Ive dealt with this shite before and my god is it a nightmare. Idiot neighbors thought they could just steal my land at my vacation home because they parked on it occasionally. They had the balls to sue me to claim the adverse possession on just those grounds. Cost me damn near 50k to figure it all out after it was all said and done. I won, but goddamn was it a pain in the arse. Hope this lady is ready for a similar pain in the arse.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:36 pm to HubbaBubba
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sell her the house at a discount.
A 50% discount seems reasonable
She could turn around and sell for tidy profit if she is still butthurt
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:38 pm to HubbaBubba
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To add insult to injury, Reynolds is being sued by the property’s developers. The developers say they offered to swap Reynolds a lot that is next door to hers or to sell her the house at a discount.
Reynolds has refused both offers.
So they fricked up and want to sue her to buy it?
WTF. Hope court awards her a free house and developer gets to pay the property taxes for 10 years.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:38 pm to HubbaBubba
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To add insult to injury, Reynolds is being sued by the property’s developers. The developers say they offered to swap Reynolds a lot that is next door to hers or to sell her the house at a discount. Reynolds has refused both offers.
frick those developers
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:40 pm to HubbaBubba
Having spent some time in Hawaii, dealing with Hawaiin workers, I'm not at all surprised by this.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:41 pm to HubbaBubba
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she knew nothing about the three-bedroom, two-bath home being built, now valued at $500,000.
That is super duper cheap for a house, much less a brand new house, on most parts of Hawaii .
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:52 pm to HubbaBubba
How in the heck does this happen? If you're rich enough to buy several lots in Hawaii and then build a half million dollar home on the wrong lot, you deserve to lose your arse for simply being a complete DA!
After the courts side with the "real owner" and she gets the house for free, the courts need to immediately shut down this company because it's only a matter of time until they do this again!
After the courts side with the "real owner" and she gets the house for free, the courts need to immediately shut down this company because it's only a matter of time until they do this again!
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:53 pm to HubbaBubba
Don't use street addresses. Use parcel or survey information.
Shame on developer.
Street addresses are specifically a post office thing and can change, even the city/zipcode, based on the post office the route is coming up.
Shame on developer.
Street addresses are specifically a post office thing and can change, even the city/zipcode, based on the post office the route is coming up.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 4:05 pm to HubbaBubba
I am sure it was not a good day for the builder when this mistake was discovered.
The owner accidentally discovered it after the fact? Good strategy.
The owner accidentally discovered it after the fact? Good strategy.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 4:15 pm to HubbaBubba
I'm amazed you can buy lots so cheap on Hawaii
Posted on 3/28/24 at 4:29 pm to HubbaBubba
She will have the option to just enjoy her lot, now with the house on it, without being disturbed. However, the builder will likely be allowed to file a mechanics lien onthe property for the cost of the house. So, if she ever went to sell the property, that lien would have to be satisfied / paid.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 4:33 pm to HubbaBubba
Similar situation happened back in the '70s in Chateau Estates in Kenner. But thevlot owner discovered the house being built when it was still under construction.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 4:34 pm to HubbaBubba
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To add insult to injury, Reynolds is being sued by the property’s developers. The developers say they offered to swap Reynolds a lot that is next door to hers or to sell her the house at a discount.
Who the frick do these twats think they are? They frick up yet sue her because she won’t take their offers for fricking up?
I’d say give me a million or the house for free
Posted on 3/28/24 at 5:18 pm to HubbaBubba
Absolutely no way she should accept anything except all persons to vacate the property immediately $$$ to pay the addition property taxes she is now responsible for.
This post was edited on 3/28/24 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 3/28/24 at 5:20 pm to HubbaBubba
They did not say if the property was fee simple or leasehold which could further complicate this matter.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:03 pm to HubbaBubba
I had a close situation to this...in Alabama, that house is my clients.
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