A woman who bought land to set up her dream business was shocked to discover that a $500,000 house had been built on her land by mistake.
Annaleine ‘Anne’ Reynolds purchased a one-acre lot in Hawaii’s Paradise Park for about $22,500 in 2018.
Reynolds fell in love with the empty space and was excited to transform it into the oasis for her business of hosting women’s healing and meditation resorts.
While spending time in California during the pandemic, waiting for the right time to launch her business, Reynolds received a shocking phone call from a real estate broker.
The broker told Reynolds that he had sold a half-million-dollar home that was mistakenly built on his land.
Annaleine ‘Anne’ Reynolds purchased a one-acre lot in Hawaii’s Paradise Park for about $22,500 in 2018
Reynolds fell in love with the lot and was excited to transform it into the oasis for her dream business of hosting women’s meditative healing resorts.
While Reynolds was in California during the pandemic, a broker told him he had sold a half-million-dollar home that was mistakenly built on his land.
The confusion occurred when local developer Keaau Development Partnership hired PJ’s Construction to build about a dozen homes on land the developer purchased in the subdivision, but the company built one on Reynolds’ lot.
A local developer, Keaau Development Partnership, purchased the land and hired PJ’s Construction to build about a dozen homes on the site, but the company built one on Reynolds’ lot.
Reynolds, along with the construction company, architect and others, are being sued by the developer.
“There are a lot of allegations between the developer, the contractor and some subcontractors,” said Reynolds’ attorney, James DiPasquale.
Reynolds described the land he purchased as “sacred” and said he decided to buy it because that specific property had “all the right qualities.”
She rejected the developer’s offer for a neighboring lot of equal size and value, according to court documents.
Now Reynolds’ attorney says she shouldn’t be forced to pay.
“It would set a dangerous precedent if you could go to someone else’s land, build whatever you wanted and then sue that person for the value of it,” DiPasquale said.
Most of the lots in Hawaiian Paradise Park are identical, said Peter Olson, an attorney representing the developer.
“My client believes he is trying to exploit PJ Construction’s mistake to get money from my client and the other parties,” Olson said, acknowledging a mistake. The Associated Press Wednesday when he rejected an offer for an identical lot.
Reynolds described the land he purchased as “sacred” and said he decided to buy it because that specific property had “all the right qualities.”
She rejected the developer’s offer for a neighboring lot of equal size and value, according to court documents.
The empty house has attracted squatters, according to neighbors who said the new empty house is the perfect target for squatters.
She filed a countersuit against the developer, saying she had no knowledge of the “unauthorized construction.”
An attorney for PJ’s Construction told Hawaii News Now that the developer did not want to hire surveyors.
The empty house has attracted squatters, according to neighbors who said the new empty house is the perfect target for squatters.
“Before they put the fence on the property, there were people who would come and look inside,” one neighbor said.
Reynolds, who repeatedly described the situation as “horrible,” said feces was even found inside the home.
“It was so disgusting,” he said. fox19.
Reynolds has had to pay for fencing around the new empty house, but that’s not the only expense he’s covering. He also pays several thousand dollars in property taxes.
The developer has involved everyone involved in the lawsuit so that a judge can decide who is ultimately responsible for the drastic error.
