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California woman left stunned after a $500K Hawaii house is mistakenly built on a dream plot of land she'd bought to launch new business - and now the developers are suing HER
Daily Mail ^ | March 28, 2024 | MARTHA WILLIAMS

Posted on 03/29/2024 8:50:10 AM PDT by gitmo

A woman who purchased a plot of land to set-up a dream business was shocked to discover a $500,000 house was mistakenly built on her lot.

Annaleine 'Anne' Reynolds purchased a one-acre lot in Hawaii's Paradise Park for around $22,500 in 2018.

Reynolds fell in love with the vacant space and was excited to transform it into the oasis for her business of hosting women's meditative healing resorts.

While she was spending time in California during the pandemic, waiting for the right moment to launch her business venture, Reynolds got a shocking phone call from a real estate broker.

The broker told Reynolds that he had sold a half-a-million dollar house that was mistakenly built on her plot of land.

A local developer, Keaau Development Partnership, bought the land and hired PJ's Construction to build about a dozen homes on the site - but the company built one on Reynolds's lot.

Reynolds, along with the construction company, the architect and others, are now being sued by the developer.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: housing; lawsuit
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If someone builds on your property, it should belong to you. If you want it torn down, the builder should be required to do so at no cost to you.
1 posted on 03/29/2024 8:50:10 AM PDT by gitmo
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To: gitmo

Squatter builds a house , I think I saw that movie ,LOL


2 posted on 03/29/2024 8:54:34 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: gitmo

Here’s video from Hawaii News Now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj5yieM5WRM


3 posted on 03/29/2024 8:55:20 AM PDT by MeganC ("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
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To: gitmo

Seems like a 1 match solution.


4 posted on 03/29/2024 8:57:15 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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Absolutely! Furthermore, the builder should be required to not only tear down the house at his own expense, but also restore the lot to its original condition.


5 posted on 03/29/2024 8:58:49 AM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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The builder is pro-actively suing. I think that’s normal. But they will lose. And so will the rightful owner.

My guess is that a court will issue an order forcing a sale. At 3 times (treble damages) the ACV.


6 posted on 03/29/2024 8:59:55 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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Thanks


7 posted on 03/29/2024 9:00:17 AM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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I would at least look at the remaining lots and maybe choose the best one.


8 posted on 03/29/2024 9:01:10 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Last year we were off on vacation and a good neighbor called us to say that someone was doing foundation work on OUR vacant lot next door. Fixing to build.

Turns out they were parking machinery and gravel on our lot in advance of building on their correct lot.


9 posted on 03/29/2024 9:04:08 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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Lawyers generally sue everyone involved to maximize the amount of return (if any).


10 posted on 03/29/2024 9:04:51 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: dinodino

Don’t know about Hawaii, but that would be the common law result, andunder CA law, that would be the result


11 posted on 03/29/2024 9:08:42 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: gitmo

Great job by the title company.


12 posted on 03/29/2024 9:09:52 AM PDT by Fido969
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I use two title lock companies. Just in case.


13 posted on 03/29/2024 9:13:05 AM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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Reynolds, along with the construction company, the architect and others, are now being sued by the developer.

Hilarious /s

So now she has to defend herself in a suit and launch one of her own as well.

Someone’s E&O insurance rates are going to sky rocket....

No one bothered to plot the land or title search?


14 posted on 03/29/2024 9:23:57 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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No one bothered to plot the land or title search?

It said they didn't even do surveys.

15 posted on 03/29/2024 9:25:16 AM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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Wouldn’t a 500K house built in Hawaii be ,you know, a shack?


16 posted on 03/29/2024 9:34:46 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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It would be a shame to tear it down. SHe should get clear title to it. Either that a swap for other land of her choice.


17 posted on 03/29/2024 9:36:42 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: gitmo

WTH? How did they get a permit without a survey?


18 posted on 03/29/2024 9:37:43 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: lastchance

The article states that she was offered a neighboring lot of equal value and size, but declined.


19 posted on 03/29/2024 9:40:24 AM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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I’m wondering where I can buy an acre of empty land in Hawaii for $22k. But I’ve got all my money tied up trying to buy a little $18 million resort in Florida where the owner doesn’t like the appraisal.


20 posted on 03/29/2024 9:40:50 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
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