Land developer builds $500,000 home on woman's property and is suing her

[+susieice]

What kind of a developer doesn't do a title search or a land survey before they build something? They needed a permit too. This is the developer's mistake. The house belongs to the property owner.

PJ's Construction, hired by Keaau Development Partnership, mistakenly builds $500K house on woman's Hawaiian Paradise Park lot - 6abc Philadelphia

Annaleine "Anne" Reynolds purchased a one-acre (0.40-hectare) lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park, a subdivision in the Big Island's Puna district, in 2018 at a county tax auction for about $22,500.

She was in California during the pandemic waiting for the right time to use it when she got a call last year from a real estate broker who informed her he sold the house on her property, Hawaii News Now reported.

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 built one on Reynolds' lot.

Edited March 31 by susieice

[Abramelin]

She should hire a bulldozer and flatten the thing.

[jmccr8]

53 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

She should hire a bulldozer and flatten the thing.

Hi Rob

They could just move it to another lot and remove the basement then backfill, it was their fk up or they could just bite the bullet and let her have it.

[Grim Reaper 6]

4 hours ago, susieice said:

What kind of a developer doesn't do a title search or a land survey before they build something? They needed a permit too. This is the developer's mistake. The house belongs to the property owner.

PJ's Construction, hired by Keaau Development Partnership, mistakenly builds $500K house on woman's Hawaiian Paradise Park lot - 6abc Philadelphia

Annaleine "Anne" Reynolds purchased a one-acre (0.40-hectare) lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park, a subdivision in the Big Island's Puna district, in 2018 at a county tax auction for about $22,500.

She was in California during the pandemic waiting for the right time to use it when she got a call last year from a real estate broker who informed her he sold the house on her property, Hawaii News Now reported.

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 built one on Reynolds' lot.

That is certainly pretty wild, I am sure the judge will enjoy cases like this. I mean what a pain in the ass!!!!!!

Edited March 31 by Grim Reaper 6

[+susieice]

This is the link inside the link in first post.

‘Are you kidding me?’: Property owner stunned after $500,000 house built on wrong lot (hawaiinewsnow.com)

The lot owner doesn’t want the house and has endured problems like higher taxes and squatters. Now, to add insult to injury, she’s being sued over someone else’s mistake.

Because it can’t be sold, the house has become a nightmare for Reynolds. A neighbor told Hawaii News Now that squatters were immediately attracted to the brand new vacant house.

Along with the cost of fencing, she’s paying property taxes that went from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. The developers tried to settle the issue. Reynold’s attorney said they offered to swap her their lot right next door or sell her the house at a discount.

She refused both offers.

“It would set a dangerous precedent, if you could go on to someone else’s land, build anything you want, and then sue that individual for the value of it,” DiPasquale said.

Edited March 31 by susieice

[Doug1066]

On 3/31/2024 at 5:25 AM, susieice said:

“It would set a dangerous precedent, if you could go on to someone else’s land, build anything you want, and then sue that individual for the value of it,”

Railroads do that now.

Doug