Squatter builds a house , I think I saw that movie ,LOL
Seems like a 1 match solution.
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.
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.
I would at least look at the remaining lots and maybe choose the best one.
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.
Lawyers generally sue everyone involved to maximize the amount of return (if any).
Great job by the title company.
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?
Wouldn’t a 500K house built in Hawaii be ,you know, a shack?
Were you the people that made the mistake?
Then if she wants money out of you to compensate her for your mistake, that is her privilege and right.
You made the mistake.
Another reason that America has become the laughing stock of the world. Morally this is a no brainier as to what should happen. But now in America the legal system supports those in the wrong.
A commanding officer in my old squadron had a cabin built on his property. But it wasn’t his lot, it was the lot next door. The owner of the lot thanked him and that was that.
It must be easier to claim a "mistake" after building a luxury home on a parcel that was not theirs, than to go to the city council and ask them to condemn the undeveloped property as a blight and then turn it over to the builder.
Decades ago, builders in South Florida tried to do it the legal way to take waterway property from long-time owners in order to build yacht marinas, claiming that the property was too good for the people who currently owned it. The Florida courts eventually sided with the property owners and shut down the builders.
I can see builders in Hawaii taking a different approach by just building on land that is not theirs and then demanding that the land be given to them afterwards.
-PJ
WINDFALL!