Developer mistakenly has $500K house built on woman's Hawaii property, then sues her

HONOLULU -- A pistillate who purchased a vacant batch successful Hawaii was amazed to find retired a $500,000 location was built connected the spot by mistake.

She's present mired successful ineligible wrangling implicit the mix-up.

Annaleine "Anne" Reynolds purchased a one-acre (0.40-hectare) batch successful Hawaiian Paradise Park, a subdivision successful the Big Island's Puna district, successful 2018 astatine a region taxation auction for astir $22,500.

She was successful California during the pandemic waiting for the close clip to usage it erstwhile she got a telephone past twelvemonth from a existent property broker who informed her helium sold the location connected her property, Hawaii News Now reported.

Local developer Keaau Development Partnership hired PJ's Construction to physique astir a twelve homes connected the properties the developer bought successful the subdivision. But the institution built 1 connected Reynolds' lot.

Reynolds, on with the operation company, the designer and others, are present being sued by the developer.

"There's a batch of fingers being pointed betwixt the developer and the contractor and immoderate subs," Reynolds' lawyer James DiPasquale said.

Reynolds rejected the developer's connection for a neighboring batch of adjacent size and value, according to tribunal documents.

"It would acceptable a unsafe precedent, if you could spell connected to idiosyncratic else's land, physique thing you want, and past writer that idiosyncratic for the worth of it," DiPasquale said.

Most of the tons successful jungle-like Hawaiian Paradise Park are identical, noted Peter Olson, an lawyer representing the developer.

"My lawsuit believes she's trying to exploit PJ Construction's mistake successful bid to get wealth from my lawsuit and the different parties," Olson told The Associated Press Wednesday of her rejecting an connection for an identical lot.

She has filed a counterclaim against the developer, saying she was unaware of the "unauthorized construction."

An lawyer for PJ's Construction told Hawaii News Now the developer didn't privation to prosecute surveyors.

A neighbour told the Honolulu quality presumption the bare location has attracted squatters.