Concord woman shocked after house is built on her Hawaii lot by mistake
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2024
- A Concord woman is speaking out after she says a construction company built a house on her lot in Hawaii by mistake. Jocelyn Moran reports.
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They didnt mention it in this video, but on the local Hawaii news, they reported the developer didnt conduct a survey prior to building or selling the property as is required by Hawaii state law. They apparently located the lot by "counting the light poles," which obviously isnt reliable. They tried to cut corners by not hiring a surveyor. They're very clearly negligent and at fault, so amazing that they would have the gall to sue the property owner for their mistake.
That's funny because a survey is only about $600. Anything built on your property illegally is yours to do with as you please in the eyes of the law. So she just got a free house out of this deal. With idiots abound like this, the housing crisis will surely end soon.
They claim that they sued everyone to force them to come together and find a solution.
Seems to most people that everyone BUT the property owner should find a solution that involves her getting a bare lot again.
This is why you have title insurance
You need a survey before getting a building permit. You can't sell a home without running a title search. She needs to find out what Title Company was used for the purchase transaction. Sue them for letting the sell go through.
@@justayoutuber1906Bingo!
She has a HUGE suit against all of the involved. It is and was her land. Period.
no, she really doesn't, she should have taken the lot next door, this land was only worth $22,000, she's looking for a big payout that she is not going to get.
@@_Y.Not_what??????
This contractor sounds like my ex-wife. Makes a huge mistakes, then tries to blame me.
@@cdsersd2d hilarious.. thx for this.
Period
She should just move in. Somebody built her a free house on her land. Not her problem.
That's right -- or else sell the house and land for half a million dollars, and retire, LOL
Land in Hawaii is priceless. @@YohielSpeaks
Land in Hawaii is actually pretty cheap
@@kittybest2301 She paid $22k for it a few years ago. There's still plenty of vacant land in Puna for around the same price. It's the pot-growing, drug addiction capital of Hawaii.
@@GNMi79 Really? I thought hawaii was insanely expensive? or is that just the cost of living? man I would love to live there...who cares if its a pot growing drug addiction capital... its hawaii...
SHE should be suing THEM for building on her.property!!!!! INSANE.
She will get around to that. And the developer will settle because they have NO case in court. All it takes is for the judge to ask, "Did your company make sure they were building on the right lot? Case dismissed." 😆
Definitely no mistake. They are just trying to see what they can get away with.
Like the Biden administration
@SandorVitez just like what Trump did too on January 6. What is your point again?
@@gammagogetaTrump built a wall to stop illegals from taking over. Biden let them in. whats Jan 6 got to do with this?
Yup, keep pushing until people give. That 's how bullies take.
Bingo!
The next level to squatting 🤔
Sqayters have money to build homes?
@@jogmas12My friend had 39 vacant acres in S. Dakota. Nothing on there so he didn't bother to visit it often, it was just an investment.
One summer he did and found 3 trailers parked there for who knows how long with squatters living there.
@beelike... Bruh I need to get into this kind of game 😊.
Master squatters
Please don't put that in the air! Please don't!!!😵💫😵💫
How the heck are they suing HER after they made a mistake.
Welcome to the new age America I did wrong but I'm the victim it's always easiest to play victim 😂😂
Sheer stupidity!
This is America. You can sue anyone for any reason. The lawsuit is ridiculous and will be tossed, just like most of them.
capitalism
Entitlement.
How dare they sue HER? That's insane! She should countersue.
The developer has it backward. SHE has a lawsuit against THEM. They destroyed the ecosystem on her land, vandalized, squated and built illegal structures on HER land. Sue them into bankruptcy. They are to incompetent to stay in the market
They cut corners, as is typical in Hawaii, and now, it's going to cost them big time.
it really doesn't matter who files suit, a suit is necessary to work this out. the lady has no reason to get pissed about it. she's going to come out of this with a home that cost her pennies on the dollar.
@@jimbeam-ru1my She has no reason to get pissed? Are you joking? You have got to be
@@jimbeam-ru1my - Meanwhile, her lot has been destroyed! And how much will it cost her to get the house razed and removed? I hope the developed gets it good in court. I do not see where they have a leg to stand on.
@@MossyMozart why the fuck would she want the house razed and removed? It's her house now. She bought the property with hopes of someday building a home on it and now she has one- for free. tearing it down would be like burning a trash bag with a half million dollars in it. I swear people are dumber than fuck nowadays. Even simple realities are beyond you animals
She should sue the developer for:
1. Higher tax bill due unauthorized improvement.
2. Cost of removing the house.
3. Cost of restoring the land.
4. Legal cost of the entire process.
Amd don't forget "5. Pain and suffering"! LOL
Democrats running Hawaii that s permits must be drinking off hours. I heard lots of the hawaiians are drunks. Besides EPA lots of things wrong with this news report. Should gone into building permits office how'd you issue a permit build house on Someone elses property? Lots of questions ID ask if I was reporting.
That's right,@@brianw4brian. It's a regular practice here to get a judge drunk on Christmas or New Year's Eve; so that the judge will sign papers to approve filling in ancient fish ponds and the like in order to build hotels, golf courses, and sub-divisions, etc, on sacred lands.
Now the builder is sueing her for unjust enrichment after she refused to sell to them
and that in fact is the sole reason to keep resisting. Otherwise you could defraud people of their land just by illigaly building on it and sue to make them sell you the land. It would create a dangerous precedent. And iam not talking about small time builders making a mistake, but big developers just building on any land and dragging land owners into the courts to force them to sell.
She needs to hire a really good lawyer that specializes in this area. Doesn't matter that they made a costly mistake, they're in the wrong 100%. She shouldn't have to pay one dime to rectify this situation...if anything, the contractor will end up paying her attorney fees and compensate her time/aggravation, court-ordered.
I would hope.
"She needs to hire a really good lawyer that specializes in this area."
She'd win even if she hired the shittiest lawyer in town. this is an open and shut case. the developers named her in a lawsuit because they had to. she's now a party to the suit and she needs a resolution in court just as much as they do.
@@jimbeam-ru1my I agree! I hope this woman reads all these comments so she understands her rights...I wish her all the best!
not only does the landowner NOT have to pay ANYTHING for the house that was built on her land, the construction company that built the house will need to REIMBURSE her for the cost to KNOCK DOWN AND REMOVE THE HOUSE, even if she chooses NOT to. none of these costs or issues are her fault.
That would be the proper solution, but who knows how it will play out in today's world. The mere fact that she is named in a lawsuit is already outrageous.
Then, they would have to pay for the damage to her property and destroy all the vegetation. It's hers. They are the losers here. They deserve it all. Maybe next time, they will abide by the law.
you know the law .. its an basically an free house.. free and clear... unless she told them to take it down
Would be cheaper for the developers to just let her keep the house then. Free house. Hope we get updates on this
@@utubewillyman It's going to be civil case, most likely being a jury trial. I am sure they would have the logic to know, she's not entitled to pay for anything.
This was no mistake and they would be tearing it down and paying me for pain and suffering.
Nobody is going to tear down a new house.
@@stuwest3653 She doesn't want the house on her property, they will have to tear it down. Nothing is free.
@@Calinotch06 You don't know what she wants.
She planned on living there, houses aren't cheap and nobody wants to litigate for years.
You know nothing.
@@stuwest3653 Clearly you did not listen to what the reporter said. She clearly said that the woman did not want that house, but had a different vision for a home to build. You know nothing. The house was built illegally on her property and is causing her legal and financial problems.
@@stuwest3653 argue with your mother.
If she agrees to swap the properties, she will create a precedence. Very dangerous one.
In Australia in Melbourne a man came home and found his house demolished one day. The demolition people were given the incorrect house number.
So sad for everyone.
What was the outcome of this case??
They never stated under exactly what terms the developers sued this woman. Reynolds is being sued by Keaau Development due to her being "unjustly enriched." Building a house on someone else's property without their approval or consent apparently makes them liable for restitution in their eyes.
Even if everything is the contractors fault and this woman is absurd, its her land to choose what is done to it. They literally bulldozed her land's massive vegetation. Suing her and expecting her to cater to their whims is completely unrealistic. Keaau Development are purposely dragging this woman through the mud.
in my area it'd be a 2k fine per tree and the Full cost of restoring each Full grown tree, so about 20k-30k per full grown.
To get her to tell them what she wants as a remedy. She's never said, and she's turned down every offer they've given her.
This woman is a jerk. Why can't she just take the lot next door. They are both equally flat, same size, they look identical. She could request a $5000 fee or more for them screwing up, and come up on top, with a 25% discount on a lot she paid $20,000 for. This is how humans hurt themselves by being thick headed and stubborn. This negative could be turned into a positive for her if she had the intelligence and metal flexibility, but no, now lawsuits left and right, frustration, bad feelings for all, and bad relations with future neighbor. Most problems in life are self created because people are inflexible and would rather be angry than come up with creative solutions. Pathetic.
@@janofb Well, it seems from the story that she wants them to leave her alone and let her deal with her land without a problem. They keep bothering her with this option and that option that has nothing to do with what she said she wanted. She told them what she wanted and they don’t want to accept it. Now they’re harassing her.
MathieuCastro,
This is the type of frivolous lawsuit that the wealthy and big corporate use to force unfair concessions from normal people with normal means. The only thing here that matters is that a developer stole someone's land. The nature of the theft is irrelevant. If the situation were reversed, the developer would win 100% plus full legal costs instantly at the expense of the normal person. This is part of our 2 tiered justice system that almost always favor the wealthy over the rest of us. The only correct outcome from this situation is that the property owner gets a full and 100% say so as to how the developer's mistake will be disposed of, and completely at the developer's expense. The developer is a professional and therefore should know better each and every time they build anything.
Isn't it strange they contact her now after the house has been built. They knew what they were doing.😡😡😡
actually, the developer didn't contact her. The realtor that was selling the house did after she did a title search or something like that when she found out who the REAL owner was.
no, it isn't strange. when the house was sold it went into escrow and when a title search was done it was discovered that the property belonged to her. that's why the realtor called; it fell out of escrow.
Her zodiac didn't tell her about the lawsuits.
Nothing was said or implied about predicting the future. 🤦♀️
@@toebeans3985 False.
@@toebeans3985what do you think a zodiac is for a believer!?
LMAO
Oh no the rich hippie with excess land was inconvenienced 😢
This was not a mistake, its called a strategy.
Sued by the developer? Should be the other way around. The developer made the error. She should be able to keep the house on HER land.
She'll have to countersue. They bulldozed her lot, erected a building, then THEY sue HER? THAT is adding harrassment on top of the inconvenience, stress, legal fees, travel expenses, and even the cost of having the house removed and the property restored to its previous condition. The developers trespassed on her property, and built a house on her property without her permission or knowledge, then tried to sell it. Then, when their offer of swapping her lot with another wasn't accepted, they sue her?
Honestly, the developer messed up. And they need to make it right.
difference between men and women. Any man would move in and say thank you for the free house, then put up no trespassing signs.
@@CoolChannelNameshe did put up a fence most likely it has some no trespassing signs.
Developer didn’t error, general contractor did, developer is suing all parties involved, that’s what has to be done. She will not get the house unless it saves the builder compared to moving it of tearing it down.
@@richardnassano623 THAT piece of information isn't specifically included in this video. I don't believe it's mentioned WHOSE mistake led to the situation. Did the developer give the contractor the wrong information, or did the contractor have the right information but sent the construction crew to the wrong lot, or to the right lot? Did the construction crew mess up? Was a surveyor get called in or not? Did the surveyor, if contracted, make the mistake? How, exactly was the mistake discovered (I got the impression it was the Title company or govt. agency that found the discrepancy)?
The reporter states, "The construction company built this particular house on Ann's lot by mistake." But there's no follow up as to whether the construction company built on the lot they were instructed to build on, or whether they went to the wrong lot because they didn't double check. Whose mistake WAS it? Developer? Contractor? Construction company? Exactly WHO mistakenly said, "This is the lot"?
It's odd that the REAL owner states that the REALTOR called her to tell her "I just sold a house that happens to be on your land." How did the realtor "sell" it, and how did they discover the mistake? My guess is that when the sale was submitted the title deed didn't match. It sounds like the Dept. or Property Records rejected the sale.
The biggest insult here is that the developer sued Ann (she's named alongside everyone else involved). Ann is actually the victim here. In one sense, one could say that her property was vandalized by the contractor working for the developer. That's like crazy. It's harassment. Now she has to hire an attorney to defend herself against this bully developer.
wow. Well, an honest judge will listen to her and tell the companies involved "You had due diligence to verify the land you were building on was correct, its not the owners job to look over your shoulder or approach you, that's YOUR job. The owner of the land has objected to the building on their land. You will pay them for damages to the land, and $2,000 a month for using the land during the duration of its use from the day you broke ground to the day said ground is made whole." Because that, is exactly what those corporations would demand of her if she had built on their land.
This. They should be paying her rent since the time they tried to landjack her property.
Aside from the FACT that Ann is in way too deep in the world of the metaphysical, it sure sounds like she got a free house unless the builder is such a bitch they have the house torn down, bearing the cost of demolition rather than give up the structure for free.
The judges are bought and corrupt. This is the US after all.
@geneard639 - They should pay all her court costs, pay for razing and removing that building, and restoring the lot to it previous state.
you know those corporations would demand a lot more, her first born, and her organs into the bargain, they are beyond ruthless, look at how entitled they are when they are in the wrong!
They will try to bully her and/or defeat her financially with court continuances, ridiculous motions, attorney fees and costs for THEIR MISTAKE. The nerve of them. I wish her the best. She will prevail.
Am a Contractor in Florida, non hiring surveyors is their fault, it's the owners home now, those contractors should have their licenses revoked. And pay her money to remodel the home as she wanted, even daring to disturb her with this is so wild.
Always, always get a survey
I got a free house.
Yep
Read my mind
And poo
They'll move it first. Much cheaper.
Yeah, a free house full of criminal squatters/druggies and all that goes with it.
This is an easy case win for the lady. Any reasonable and ethical judge can reason that the developer trespassed on her properly and without consent or authorization "placed a building on her property". Therefore, the developer needs to "remove the building from her property" and at its own expense. The developer may be required to pay the lady for any damage to her property, including emotional and mental stress inflicted onto her by the developer. If I were the developer, I would withdraw the lawsuit and remove that building and all fixture as soon as possible from her property before she counter files for damages.
Totally agreed. A criminal transpassing and the law needed to hold a developer accountable. Too many crimes are given a free pass and now it is out of control
I imagine they also would have put in plumbing, electrical, and roads for infrastructure to support a house being there. Developer messed up big time. They need to pay her legal fees and travel expenses too.
@@recoveringsoul755 The developer would have to install roads and other infrastructure in order to get approval to sell lots.
As long as it doesn't get handed to the HI supreme court the judges might be ethical.
Hang on there. While I agree and think it's a slam dunk......A developer and judge are closer than a simple land owner and either of them. My guess is some loophole will be discovered by the builder to let them off the hook.
"It's a private party, folks and we're not invited".
What nerve.They built on her property, and they're suing her!
imagine being sued by someone who references her zodiac sign lol
I cringed when she started talking about that. What an air head.
I was waiting for her to mention her crystals next...@@jublywubly
@@jublywubly This is what multi-millionaires look like lol. I just wonder how and why.
There is no lol here just a someone making a joke out of a serious situation. What you sow you shall reap!
Her zodiac has no bearing on the legal implications. I hope you do get sued by a a complete nut case who has solid legal grounds because i want to hear you LOL then.
Make them remove the house and replant all of the trees and plants that they destroyed.
Why? she could get a free house out of this. She'd have to be stupid to force them to tear down a half million dollar improvement to her property
On HER land. And that would solve things...how?
@@jimbeam-ru1mybecause it’s not the house she envisioned. Some people have what they want in their mind and go for it when they can afford it. Not everyone would take the building just because it’s “free”.
@@jimbeam-ru1my Doesn't look like much of an improvement. Any kid could come up with a better design in Stable Diffusion than that hot mess. And if they cut corners hiring a surveyor and permit reviews, it stands to reason there are better developers out there she could've sold the property to. Either way, she'll have money coming her way.
@@strawberrytiramisuIt’s only a 20k lot. House is worth 20-30x that. She’s just trying to act like the lot is special so she gains sympathy in court. She didn’t check star alignments, whatever that means. Give me a break. 😂
Definitely not a mistake. They gambled on stealing a piece of property they thought was abandoned and lost.
I'd pay 50K for the house or sue them for 1,000,000.
She shouldn't pay a penny for the house, it's not even the house she wanted. I know she wanted a certain lot but maybe they could pay her something like $100,000 to accept a lot next door. But she doesn't have to do this, but I think she should be looking for some kind of compromise solution. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
@@MisterMoosterShe didn't "want" that certain lot. She got it on a tax auction cheap without even seeing it. She invented all that BS about how it was the perfect lot after the fact. They offered her the lot next door. Would still meet her criteria. She passed.
@@janofb Obviously, there’s more than one lot available at a tax auction. She had choices and chose that particular lot. So your argument doesn’t hold. They’re trying to prevent her from getting a free house, and since they’ve chosen to sue her all bets are off. Legally, the house is hers, whether they like it or not.
@@janofb Interesting if true, not sure how to verify this. Not sure what she wants, does she want the house for free, or does she want it taken down? It's their screwup, they're at her mercy, but they're trying to bully her into submission by suing her is how it seems. Still there likely have a lot deeper pockets than she does, she'd be better off accepting the lot next door and moving on, everyone makes mistakes.
Dont believe this ladies story…. HPP is common 1acre lots on invasive species scrubland 5miles from Hilo. They have zero access to ocean for swimming because of sea cliffs. the lots have 2-4 inches of soil and are infested with 50-100+’ tall albizia (this home has 3’ tall babies in the front yard that will become 50’-80+’ tall in 15 yrs with a base 7+’ wide… she could settle for a better endemic Ohia lot, ….there are thousands in that HPP subdivision.and even better lots uphill/mauka from there…. FYI most everyone in Puna lives with many unpaved roads, we have 13 traffic lights in 500 sq miles of land, we have solar and water catchment or fill stations, we dont have home mail services we all go to PO… we give directions by mauka/makai and power pole numbers or mile markers on hwy as most raw cinder/lava road dont have signage and many dont have address posted for homes unseen down long driveways. Most lots are 3 acres (3 football fields) .. these thousands of 1 acre lots HPP are smaller and full off invasive species.. its a bedroom community for Hilo that suffers w/ bad traffic on its only hwy…. iow This mainland EastBay kine lady IS hyping this for attention, this is not that rare but kinda rare they didnt catch it before they started building… she should settled not cause fuss for rubbishland... lame… aloha
omg how can they even get a law suit against her ,she should sue them
This is clearly a frivolous lawsuit and should be dismissed. The developer should have their business license revoked, and the law firm should have their license to practice revoked.
How the heck are they suing this woman it should be other way around
This woman should counter sue the developer for filing a frivolous lawsuit since the developer hasn't a leg to stand on. This is one more example of a wealthy entity abusing the legal system to scam a normal, hardworking person out of her property and it should never be allowed. In fact, this woman should not only be given her property back with her choice to keep or demolish the house at the developer's expense, the owner should have the option to force the developer to revert the property back to its original state so she can pursue her goal of building the house that she wanted. That includes all vegetation, landscaping, and everything else that made the property attractive to her in the first place. The developer should also be forced to pay her for all of her expenses incurred by this so called "mistake."
Finally. Justice! And common sense. Imagine a developer can just build anywhere they please without knowing who owns the land first… 😑
Sue the lawyer who filed this lawsuit
And trespassing, and bulldozing her wild ecosystem.
should also be a criminal case against the greedy developer. let them pay for damages, and whoever signed off on it can also spend some time inside.
Hopefully she gets a lawyer that counter sues !
The biggest crime here is buying that house for half a million.
The poop on the bathroom floor part really helped explain the story. A masterpiece. Bravo
It really brought the visceral feeling to me. Much agreed. HAHAHAHAHAHA
:..Into every life a little💩 must fall.."
The poop is perhaps a phony excuse to erect a fence. I'd do that to protect a 500K present someone gave me. (Humor: "that" ment to be the fence, but could be "poop on the floor" too.) 22 houses by a developer? Wish I knew what they paid for the 22. Corporate developers are no friends to affordable housing.
The poop, the zodiac sign, the aligning of the stars,... Come on! She already has a solid case. Spare the drama
IKR LOL@@turanamo
She should have a free house here. Developer messed up and built a house on her property. She signed no contract to have a home built so they can’t lien her property. She owns the property so what’s on it is hers. She can sue them and have them remove the home off the property which would cost them even more money or they can write the cost of the build off and walk away. She can’t be held financially responsible because they made a mistake and they can’t force her to take another plot. Hire a good lawyer and be happy you got a free house and probably utilities run.
Not the house she envisioned. She doesn't want THAT house. She also shouldn't have to pay to have it removed. The property should be restored to its original state.
@zacharyspencer8321 That house is worth $500,000 they said I would keep it lol destroying it would be a huge waste of money for everybody
@@uggycyvhvyvyv7322 Because it couldn't be sold, it's been vandalized, and will require some extensive work.
But you're missing the point . . . THAT is not what she wanted on her property. How would you like it if you came back from vacation to find that someone put some weird tot lot on your front lawn, or had remodeled the inside of your home to look like Fairyland? Destroying THAT would also be a "huge waste of money for everybody".
Are you saying she should keep this cheap house because it would be a waste of money to destroy it?
No, the developers should move the house off her lot, along with the foundation. They should also drop their lawsuit against her.
❤💙💯
@@zacharyspencer8321 also they should have to restore the land to the way it was before the cleared it.
The audacity of trying to sue her. What idiocracy 🤦♀️
The developers intentionally did not want to use a surveyor, they can intimidate as much as they want, this will be an easy case.
Why poop on the floor in the empty house though? If I was staying in a free house in Hawaii, I'd get real fancy and start buying toilet paper and soap.
Might be the squatters dog poop.
lol ... good one
The developer *left a message.* Pretty crappy of him if you ask me.
People are disgusting
😂
When you purchase a house or a piece of land you should always perform a property search by a professional. The Developers failed to do this and their NEGLIGENCE resulted in a house being built on the wrong lot. The owner of the lot was totally unaware of what was happening. The lot owner did not giver permission for anyone to be on her property so from the minute other people put foot on her land they were trespassing as they had no legal right or reasonable excuse to be on her land.
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There are 2 possible options:
1. bulldoze the building and return the land to its ORIGINAL state. This means planting mature trees and vegetation etc...This option does not enrich her and just returns her to her original state.
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2. acknowledge their negligence and acknowledge that the structure is hers to do what she wants to do with it. The option does enrich her BUT she is now not able to develop the property how she wanted to. She will also be subjected to additional taxes, maintenance, and security costs. She will either have to rent it out or move there to stop squatters etc. From this perspective, I do not see her being enriched as we do not know WHEN she wanted to live there. She may have purchased it to retire in and wanted to keep the native vegetation intact until then.
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This is why as a professional, you must make sure that all checks are performed and not cut corners.
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She sounds brilliant
There is usually a title search before closing so someone screwed up.
Title Company is also on the hook, big time.
I think that is how the realtor found out who really owned the home and that is why she contacted her about it. The house never closed.
the one that screwed up is the bullshit journalist that didn't make it clear that the home sale fell out of escrow because of title issues.
What a great lady! House belongs to her.
the house does. But the BS that this lot differs from the one next door is of interest to me AND what is the background how she won the auction.. Does not change the legal aspect! There are a lot of other good comments on this story.
@@cliffontheroad doesn't matter whether it differs or not, she bought the land, and she owns it. If you are that dumb that you build a property on the wrong parcel of land without checking with a surveyor, you deserve everything you get.
@@cliffontheroadShe’s just playing it up for court. If it was 20k, it’s not a very special lot. House is worth a lot more.
They should tear down the house. This is ridiculous
That wasn’t a mistake, that was 100% intentional
there are multiple wrong here: the builders mistake without a survey? Unlikely. Then title was checked and transferred as part of the sale?! Title insurance?!
They tried to strong arm her into swapping lots and lied about the sale.
Dont believe this ladies story…. HPP is common 1acre lots on invasive species scrubland 5miles from Hilo. They have zero access to ocean for swimming because of sea cliffs. the lots have 2-4 inches of soil and are infested with 50-100+’ tall albizia (this home has 3’ tall babies in the front yard that will become 50’-80+’ tall in 15 yrs with a base 7+’ wide… she could settle for a better endemic Ohia lot, ….there are thousands in that HPP subdivision.and even better lots uphill/mauka from there…. FYI most everyone in Puna lives with many unpaved roads, we have 13 traffic lights in 500 sq miles of land, we have solar and water catchment or fill stations, we dont have home mail services we all go to PO… we give directions by mauka/makai and power pole numbers or mile markers on hwy as most raw cinder/lava road dont have signage and many dont have address posted for homes unseen down long driveways. Most lots are 3 acres (3 football fields) .. these thousands of 1 acre lots HPP are smaller and full off invasive species.. its a bedroom community for Hilo that suffers w/ bad traffic on its only hwy…. iow This mainland EastBay kine lady IS hyping this for attention, this is not that rare but kinda rare they didnt catch it before they started building… she should settled not cause fuss for rubbishland... lame… aloha
Nothing to do with title insurance. The property wasn't sold or transferred to the developers by the rightful owner. The contractor was hired to build a house on a different property.
@@czarfore wasn’t the title company job to make sure the title was legit? I don’t get it how the sales agent discovered it in the end unless the title and the lot were incorrectly paired: they all processed the title of the land that was empty.
My guess is that the mistake came to light when they tried to sell the house because of course the title can’t clear since they don’t own the property.
Developers mistake. They should just take the loss and give her the house. Sure, they can tear down, but they better clean it up back to the way it was. The realtor should lose license. How can u sell when the paperwork for the land ownership doesn't match up. The city, loaner, inspection, escrow and and everyone involved should be investigated for fraud. You proceed with this complex transaction without landowner consent or even knowledge!?
What if she doesn't like THAT house? Placement and design. Maybe the feng shui is off or something. As the property owner it should be her choice of what and where to build on her own property.
Why should the realtor lose their license?? The developer made the error.
Was it a mistake? Or did they investigate the property owner and figure out how much assets she had or didn't have. If she didn't have enough assets to withstand a lawsuit, then they could win simply by outlasting her in expensive litigation that was dragged out over a long time period in order to increase her legal fees and legal per diem costs. Eventually, lacking finances would force her to sell her property (to the developer) in order to pay her legal expenses.
In most states, the builder is out of luck. He builds a house on the wrong lot, it now belongs to the lot owner. She owes him nothing. If the builder pursues legal action for his mistake, he opens himself up paying the landowners legal fees and she could also make a case for damages as she now has higher property taxes, insurance, and maintenance cost she did have before the builders mistake.
Sue the hell out of them.
She owns the house free and clear now. It's her property and their loss for being stupid. Suing her is ridiculous.
The owner needs to counter sue the deveoper for damages and tresspassing her property. Win-win for the owner to put the sneaky conniving developer in its place.
Insane that the land owner is being sued by the developer/contractor who made the mistake. Her mistake was not filing a lawsuit asap.
Seems to me no one is expecting anything from the landowner and she just got swept up in the lawsuit as due diligence. I am just at a loss how a construction company made such a grave mistake. The landowner should be suing them to remove the now squatter's house on her plot of land, she should sue for her emotional stress, pay her lawyer's fees, and pay to get her land back to it's original state!
What I don't get is how did the construction get a permit to clear land and build on it if the property is on file in someone else name?
In our neighborhood, a house was built partly on another lot. The 400' water well was also placed on the wrong let.
All of the contractors lost in court and the home owner and their neighbor got a huge reduction in the costs of their homes and one reduced price free well. The other lot didn't have it's own well on their lot yet. Mistakes cost.
That is a nightmare
That is THEIR mistake,and by laws in most states,that house is now yours.They have no legal means of entry to the home ,as you have ownership of the private property on which it sits.They must now purchase that property from you.Name your price,get a good lawyer.
Shotgun lawsuits should be penalized with large judgements against the plaintiff(s) and their lawyers.
I agree, but I suspect the legal consultants are all Attorneys and not lawyers. Lawyers answer to the State, attorneys answer to a private bar association and are practically immune from any penalties for doing wrong, bearing false witness and trespassing upon a right. If you are innocent you need a lawyer, if you are guilty, you need an attorney, someone who is good at twisting the law.
exactly
She said ;the moon the stars and the sun all Told her to buy this land...
apparently she misinterpreted it...?
I've heard of squatters but this is taking it to the next level
I am a homeowner. Hawaii law states that if you build something on property you do not own, it becomes the property of the land owner. My father planted a mango tree at the edge of our property. The neighbor told us it was over the property line. My father tried to remove the tree he had just planted to put it in our yard but she would not let us because it was on her property. A friend of mine rented from a lady who allowed him to remodel his kitchen in the garage apartment.. He spent $29,000 fixing up the place, doing extra stuff because she said she would sell the house to him when she retired. When she retired she sold the house and gave him nothing. He had to go to court to reclaim the materials he used, but he lost big on the labor. The Concord lady needs to get a lawyer. She will WIN if she has a registered land title deed. Period.
She needs to counter Sue. She is entitled to the damages to her property. The cost of the removal of the house. Plus the restoration cost of the property.
Even if she gets a "free' house if she's someone who buys a lot based on astrology the house is probably not what she wanted. They need to remove the house, pay her for damage to her property and apologize before she sues them. Or... she should take a large cash settlement and the vacant lot next door.
she should sue them to the hilt especially after they had the nerve to harass and then sue her!! They are in the wrong, take everything she can, is what she should do, screw the developer
The courts will not find in her favor, she was offered a fair resolution of the lot next door, the land was only worth $22,000, she should have taken their offer and walked away from years of aggravation. The courts will never find that she is entitled to a big payout.
I have never been in a subdivision where 2 lots are equal... view, angle to sun, drainage, elevation, foliage, sq/ft... even distance to utilities as they would have to be brought in ... there are always differences. Personally, I would've taken the other lot and if it wasn't equal, asked for compensation for the difference. But again, if this woman picked her spot using astrology she is not going to have the same criteria I have.
@@_Y.Not_ She should have taken the other lot plus a negotiated settlement, and come out ahead.
What's there to discuss?
Please judge, don't even let this get to your courtroom. This needs to be dismissed.
'judgment for the defendant, you have a new house.'
They intended to bully her and steal her property. They weren't expecting her to go to the News Stations.
A: I accidentally built a house on your land. Can we come to an agreement?
B: No. Please tear it down or move it.
A: Okay, I will do that. Please accept my apology.
Well they did offer her basically an identical lot next door and she said no. That, plus some cash for her inconvenience, seems like the best solution.
Unbelievable. I read about the lack of survey. I feel so bad for her. The developer should have it eat it and pay for the demolition.
Her Zodiac sign? wtf?
no shit. whatta whack job.
Apparently that didn’t work so well 😂
Whatever floats her boat.
Lmfao Bay Area granola heads
She’s a clear WEIRDO. No much more can be said
So is the Lady on the hook for property taxes on a $500,000 home?
Good point.
Yes!
Well, it's her house. As soon as she pays property tax, that seals ownership.
@@farmerbill6855While it does give her leverage as the owner of the property i would pause on the ownership of the house. Consider financing of a car or a house. You sign an agreement to make monthly payments which, once paid in entirety, you receive the title/mortgage of the property. I feel the in the end, this lady is going to take over any money due to financiers. The "unexpected burden" of assuming this takeover should offer her relief in some form from the $500,000 valuation of the house. I am guessing she is due either $75,000 in damages or acquisition of a $250,000 - $300,000 debt. Either way she may have figuratively struck gold, but not the lottery.
@@HanginInSF no she's not.
The incompetence! I hope she sues, post their photos, keeps suing and updates us all! People must be held accountable or they’ll do this to other people.
WOW !
22k for land in Hawaii!?!?!?
It is almost certainly not a good lot, not in a good area, and probably "high lava hazard". There are some scammers on the big island that sell dreams of an affordable Hawaiian paradise to people on the mainland that are unfamiliar with the big island. I think many people see other people's tourist photos of Maui and just kinda assume all of Hawaii is like that. I love the big island, my favorite island, but there are some places I for sure would not buy or rent. There are some parts on the south end of the island that almost look like the surface of the moon or something.
Her daughter lives there and she was on the property in 2019. The developers were supposed to check property titles before bulldozing!!! And building in the wrong place. @@crypticnomad
@@crypticnomadThey said she bought the property at a county tax auction.
The waters are also poopy sewage water. Look it up. I’d never swim there.
@@crypticnomadAgree. For natural beauty, the Big Island is the best but, as you said....be careful. Check out the lava "zone" first!
The other thing is, places like Pahoa and Hilo are like getting on a time machine and going back to the 60's......better like the smell of pot and nobody working or even moving fast!
How the hell is squatter's rights still a valid law? It should be the absentee landlord's prerogative to let the land lie fallow or undeveloped as long as they still hold the deed.
I think I'll have to search every country and state before buying property now. Squatters Rights are scary.
If they rule in her favour, is she entitled to keep the house or will it be destroyed? Would the developer have a right to destroy it or would it be trespassing? There's no point in wasting that house, she should have it for free as it was built without her consent on her own land. Imo that house is hers. If I build a shed on my neighbour's lawn without his consent, that shed isn't mine. I wouldn't have any right to enter the yard again to destroy/remove it. I would be trespassing. Same rules should apply to her land right?
in lawsuits, the plaintiff attorney always casts the biggest net to capture as many defendants as possible, so she will probably be eliminated from the suit once they figure out what her position is in this stupid mess. the developer needs his head examined.
I would be LIVID! The nerve of that developer to sue her for their major screw up. I see a free house in her future if she can afford all the legal BS.
She struck gold!
COUNTERCLAIM IMMEDIATELY
Only in America can a developer build a house on your land and then sue you over it. The rest of the world laughs at you.
Once she started talking about her zodiac signs my brain shut off.
Ditto on zodiac. The lot next door would have all the same. Poop on the floor (human or animal?) is phony excuse to build a fence? That means "stay off my property" to more than the pooper.
@@cliffontheroad more like poop from the developer
I don't live in Hawaii but I checked online and Title Insurance is mandatory for real estate transactions in Hawaii. If there is a dispute, the developer needs to file a claim with the Title Insurance company.
She’s golden now! An empty lot suddenly has a house on it and she can collect rent for perpetuity or sue them for big money upfront.
Technically the house is the property of the land owner unless there is signed agreement with the builder she can lien it until they settle, the builder needs to eat every last penny of that house, as far as alterations to her land, that could also be reasonably considered legally. This is nightmare for the builder, but a gift to the property owner at this point. I'd turn around, and let the builder know how much the property is worth $$$$$$$$$, though reasonable price for the property fair market value etc etc etc, she still has a right to occupy I believe, then sell at later date when economic conditions are better. That said the builder is probably going to still try to put a lien on the house on her property, but she can turn around and charge for use of her land at what ever price she want's...... I'm betting the builder was cognizant of exactly what they were doing, and if there was fight, they would try every legal angle to delay the process that ultimately rest with the builders.
As soon as she mentioned zodiac sign, I tuned out
If you ever visit the Big Island, it all starts to make sense. This place is time warped to the 60's! The smell of pot and patchouli oil is in the air constantly! NO ONE works or even moves fast....everyone is just waiting for Jerry Garcia to land his spaceship
enjoy your concrete jungle life then. not everyone is like you.
@@kendallevans4079 If you ever lived on the Big Island, you'd know that is all the hao'le(foreigners) who came here and brought their "new" age BS. Native Hawaiians are far from patchouli oil and pot. What you're spreading is information of a visitor. You're nothing more than that. A visitor. It's like me going to SF and saying exactly what you said. It's one small segment of the population. Your ignorance shines through with your comment.
@@deadlotCamperThanks for validating this thread. Enjoy spinning to the Grateful Dead pot music!
So the real estate agent that sold the house never had the title company do a title search on the property? Agent needs to be sued as well.
She got a call from a realtor "I just sold a house that happens to be on your land. We need to resolve this."
"Get your house off my land. The sooner the better. There. It's resolved."
That’s why you got to hire a survey when you are building a house
This was done on purpose! I hope she wins!
On purpose? Explain who benefits and how.
@@shaggybreeks the developer thought that they could bully her into taking the adjacent property and then that would be that. I don't know if it's the same developer but a developer tried to buy her property before all this happened and she refused to sell because of all that she did when she picked this particular parcel of land.
No mistake. They are trying to see what they can get away with...developers cut corners and should be held accountable for their shady actions.
So they bulldozed the property and built on her property… hell no these developers need to get this house off her lot and then pay her for all the damage they did to the property
She needs a lawyer to sue whoever is liable but also to protect her from the other lawyers!!! Never trust the other person’s lawyer when they’re suing you and especially here where you were the property owner.
She does have a lawyer.
who in their right mind trusts the oppositions lawyer?
What a nightmare, good for her for sticking to her guns.
how the hell do you sue for property you had no legal right to build on? this sounds like the developer trying to lock things up in court, and draw things out until the owner can no longer afford to keep a lawyer on retainer, and force her to sell to them.
I can tell by that paranoid horseshit that you know nothing about the law. She was named in a suit because she is a party whether she wants to be or not. the primary suit is against the contractor, not her. She could potentially sue the developers in the future so they have to get the legal issues resolved right now. The developers hired a contractor that royally fucked up. This isn't some machiavellian scheme to fuck the lady out of her property
Stand for your property rights, it is yours. The developers should be ashamed of their actions.❤💪💪
Get a lawyer ASAP, they "make the mistake" ( I Dout it) why would they try to get you in trouble when they are the ones who made the mistake, in any case you should sue them for damage / trespass, stress etc. on you and your property.
The developers must be from Florida.
😂😂 First!
Its her house now! Free and clear!
Who could prove otherwise?