Posted on 05/15/2024 5:32:40 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Annaleine “Anne” Reynolds snapped up some vacant land in Hawaii for about $22,500 at an auction back in 2018.
Reynolds planned to create a picturesque oceanview home using sustainable materials on Puna's Hawaiian Paradise Park lot to host her meditative healing women’s retreats.
“There’s a sacredness to it and the one that I chose to buy had all the right qualities,” Reynolds told Hawaii News Now.
But while she waited out the COVID-19 pandemic in California before getting started on construction, a real estate broker mistakenly sold the property to a developer, who bulldozed the lot and built a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house worth about $500,000.
Now, Reynolds, along with the real estate agent, the construction firm, the architect, the prior property owner’s family and the county — which approved the permits — are reportedly being sued by the developer, Keaau Development Partnership.
"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," Reynolds’ attorney, James DiPasquale, said........
She also said she’s unwilling to swap lots since the original property fits all of her parameters, including the position of the stars, numerology and the “feel of the land.”
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
...and why ‘ocean view’ means something in Florida...
*As I understand it, Hawaii is a two class state.....either your pretty much wealthy or dirt poor.*
Lots are available for $20k. I dunno about the rest of the stuff-clearing, permits, etc.
Sounds doable for us unhealthy. Kaiser medical there.
Survey has to be done prior to construction so the architect can draw the plans. He need tie downs for the corners of the building which shows set backs, easements, and offset the edge of the building.
well, if someone went through the process of getting the title deed to the property, then the owner is out. That is what the company title lock is all about. So, it’s not as cut & dry as it may seem. I mean they now will allow someone to become a squatter, even if you were gone from the abode on a vacation.
“Lots are available for $20k”
Depends on the size of the lot.
The area south of Hilo on the Big Island is still very cheap. Even ocean front houses are under $1MM recently. Of course, they are on a 20-30’ high cliff over the ocean.
This area is downhill from the Mana Loa volcano. It erupts every once in awhile. It is east of Kilauea. So, I suspect nobody is going to sell you home owners insurance on these properties. At least homeowners you could afford.
There are plenty of houses in this area for around $500K. Brand new on 1 acre lots. Also, you need to have a water tank in most of these lots. Wells do not work. I do not think there is city water either.
The other issue with this area is that it tends to be the rainy side of the island. Hilo gets a huge amount of rain. It comes down in buckets. I drove through a storm on that side of the island. I wished I had another speed on the rental cars wipers.
The Kona side of the island is the dry side. This is where all the expensive resorts are located on the Big Island. Along the west facing side.
The nice thing about the Big island is that they grow a lot of food and BEEF there. So, food is not as expensive as Maui. In fact, I think you could grow anything there on the east side of the island. Its 80 degrees everyday. It rains a lot. There are many places that are jungle.
In the SF Chronicle article I read about a month or two ago, the owner found out a house had been built on her property when she received a tax bill. The developer was blaming the contractor for building the house on the wrong lot, and the 3 parties (developer, contractor, owner) were all suing each other. No realtor was mentioned. If indeed the owner had received a tax bill for the improvements to the property, there was no other owner of record.
How does someone sell land belonging to someone else without the owner’s signature?
It happens more than you would think.
Usually forgery is involved.................
“sustainable building materials”
This is a misnomer in any tropical climate like Hawaii. Especially with the amount of rain they receive on this side of the island.
Any house that you want to last has to be either built out of concrete with lots of rebar. Any wood in the roof framing needs to be pressure treated against bugs and rot. You need lots of rebar because you are building on an active volcano. There will be earthquakes.
The only sustainable wood are very expensive tropical hardwoods like Cumaru, IPE, Koa plus North American Western Red cedar and Redwood. These are all very expensive species and need to be imported into Hawaii by boat. So, you could build a house out of these species of wood, but it would be quite expensive. Unless there is a sawmill on the Big Island cutting some type of native tropical hardwood that is naturally rot resistant.
no she should NOT have to pay for removal of th building
But the boat would need to be made out of sustainable materials too.
An auction was mentioned. In many areas, that implies a county sale based on an unpaid ad valorem tax amount. That's usually the auction price starting point. Title owners then (generally) have a period in which they can pay the "tax owner" and reclaim the "tax title". These things vary from state to state, but it could be that the entire story isn't in this article.
Yes, maybe they could build the boat out of sustainably harvested wood and sail it to Hawaii.
I agree, she shouldn’t have to, but now that it is on her property she’s gonna have to sue the real estate broker/and or the developer to have it removed. And if they fight, she might be waiting a long time to build what she wants there.
The fellow who "tagged" the lot (down on "A St.") made a mistake, and my mother's "dream house" was built on the wrong lot.
Led to a lot of embarrassment and complications, but my mother was eventually allowed to purchase the lot on which the house was mistakenly built.
Regards,
You are forgetting that this is on the windward (crappy) side of the (crappy) outer island of Hawaii - not Waikiki!
I have bought and sold multiple lots in HPP (Hawaiian Paradise Park), and that price is right in line with my expectations (for a quarter-of-an-acre lot, no utilities).
Regards,
Yah, plus a house >outhouse being only $500K?? Everything in Ha has to be shipped in, probably from Japan. Perhaps the developer is low balling the estimate to duck taxes, until it is sold for $3M.
So who signed for the seller? how were the proceeds disbursed? Who did the title search? I think they are mistaken to call this mistaken.
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