House worth PLN 500,000 dollars in Hawaii, built on the wrong plot of land, scheduled for demolition

A judge has ordered a developer to demolish a $500,000 Hawaii home that was built on the wrong lot and taken over by squatters.

Annaleine “Anne” Reynolds has won a legal victory after a two-bedroom, three-bathroom home was mistakenly built on her acre of land at Hawaiian Paradise Park in Pune when it was supposed to be built right next door.

“It was not a case of minor infringement, but the entire house was built on plot no. 114, not plot no. 115,” according to the court order, SFGate reported.

Reynolds bought the land in 2018 for $22,500, planning to move it from California to house a women’s meditation and healing center overlooking the ocean.

However, last summer she discovered that a house had been built on her plot of land and that the developer had sold it.

As SFGate reports, the fiasco began when a shocking mistake made by developer Keaau Development Partnership and construction firm PJ’s Construction was overlooked by Hawaii authorities during the permitting process.

“Mr. Lawrence testified that he built the house on Lot 114 and not Lot 115 because he counted the lots using telephone poles,” according to the order.

“But he built his house on the wrong side of the telephone pole.”

The judge also reportedly accused both companies of “cutting corners” to cut costs.

Although the judge required the construction company to pay to remove the house, according to Hawaii News Now, the land does not need to be restored to its original condition. The case will then go to court.

“While we didn’t get everything we wanted, this is a significant step in the right direction; the house will be torn down. She has some closure on that,” Reynolds’ attorney, James Dipasquale, told the station.

During the court battle, the house was raided by tenants. When Reynolds visited in February, the house was littered with feces.

“There was poop on the floor. In the hallway, in the bathroom. And on the toilet seat,” she said earlier this year.

The developer at one point sued Reynolds because the company insisted it “unjustly enriched itself” by developing the land, according to SFGate. This case was later dismissed.