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- A construction company in Hawaii has to foot the bill for the demolition of a house it built on the wrong lot, a judge ruled.
- A woman who lives in California bought the plot for $22,500 and planned to build a retreat.
- The construction company built the house on the wrong plot after incorrectly identifying it using telephone poles.
A house mistakenly built on the wrong plot of land in Hawaii is set to be knocked down after a developer got it confused with the neighboring lot. A judge ordered the construction company that made the mistake to foot the bill for the demolition.
Annaleine “Anne” Reynolds bought the one-acre plot of land in Hawaiian Paradise Park on Hawaii’s Big Island for $22,500 at a tax auction in 2018.
Reynolds, who lives in California, previously told Business Insider she had planned to use the land for a home for her children as well as to host women’s retreats, but said in legal filings that she discovered in June 2023 that a house worth roughly $500,000 had been built on the plot.