California woman left stunned after a $500K Hawaii house is mistakenly built on a dream plot of land she’d bought to launch new business – and now the developers are suing HER

A woman who bought a plot of land to build her dream business was shocked to discover that a $500,000 house had been accidentally built on her lot.

Annaleine “Anne” Reynolds purchased a one-acre parcel in Hawaii’s Paradise Park in 2018 for about $22,500.

Reynolds fell in love with the lot and was excited to transform it into the oasis for her business, hosting meditative healing resorts for women.

While spending time in California during the pandemic, waiting for the right time to launch her business venture, Reynolds received a shocking call from a real estate agent.

The real estate agent told Reynolds he had sold a half-million dollar house that had been accidentally built on her property.

Reynolds fell in love with the lot and was excited to transform it into the oasis for her dream business: hosting meditative healing retreats for women

While Reynolds was in California during the pandemic, a real estate agent told her he had sold a half-million dollar house that had been accidentally built on her lot.

The confusion arose 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.

The confusion arose 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.

Reynolds, along with the construction company, the architect and others, is now being sued by the developer.

“There’s a lot of finger-pointing going on between the developer and the contractor and some subordinates,” said Reynolds’ attorney James DiPasquale.

Reynolds described the land she bought as “sacred” and said she chose to buy it because that particular property had “all the right qualities.”

She rejected the developer’s offer for an adjacent parcel of equal size and value, according to court documents.

Reynolds’ attorney says she should not be forced to pay. “It would set a dangerous precedent if you could go to someone else’s land, build anything you want, and then sue that person for the value of it,” DiPasquale said.

Most of the lots in the jungle-like Hawaiian Paradise Park are identical, noted Peter Olson, an attorney representing the developer.

“My client believes she is trying to exploit PJ Construction’s mistake to get money from my client and the other parties,” Olson said. The Associated Press Wednesday when she rejected an offer for an identical lot.

Reynolds described the land she bought as “sacred” and said she chose to buy it because that particular property had “all the right qualities.”

She rejected the developer’s offer for an adjacent parcel of equal size and value, according to court documents

The vacant house has attracted squatters, according to neighbors who say the brand new vacant home is the perfect target for squatters

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

An attorney for PJ’s Construction told Hawaii News Now that the developer did not want to hire surveyors.

The vacant house has attracted squatters, according to neighbors who say the brand new vacant home is the perfect target for squatters.

“Before they put the fence on the property, people came in to look,” said a neighbor.

Reynolds, who repeatedly described the situation as “terrible,” said feces were even found in the house.

“It was so disgusting,” she said Fox19.

Reynolds had to pay for fencing on the vacant new home, but those aren’t the only costs she’s reimbursing. She 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.