Adverse possession for the win.
Boyce, the building official, noted that the west side of Ocean Ridge
Boulevard North has a stretch of about 10 vacant lots in a row. The
grass is mowed short and there are no distinguishing landmarks or lot
markers to help surveyors and builders find the right lot or catch an
error.
Sounds like a lovely place.
Did you even read the article? Seriously no lawyers and no finger pointing. The builder took responsibility and says theyâre trying to work out a settlement without involving lawyers.
you had one job mister blurb writer⌠ONE JOB. Iâm used to this cluelessness with HuffPo and what not, but I thought boing boing was better than this.
Itâs a housing development, itâs a bunch of empty lots until houses are built. The wronged party owns 18 lots⌠title should read: âProblems of the 1 percentâ.
this should be called karma.
âMark and Brenda Voss learned that the 5,300-square-foot vacation house they built at a cost of $680,000 âactually sits on the lot next to the one they own in the gated Ocean Hammock resort communityââŚâ
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
What a ghastly place Florida is. I suppose, as noted upthread, people like this need places to misspend their money. Trickle down economics lives!
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.5904492,-81.1803905,164m/data=!3m1!1e3
But lots that have been empty for over a decade at this point? Still a little sad.
And it is ugly, too.
Iâd call a mulligan and start over.
âGhastly?â
Well, having lived here all my life, I have to call BS on that. Itâs not all sub-divisions and disney.
You laugh, but sadly its a sure bet these two will make a HUGE profit when itâs all said and done. Itâs not like they donât have a place to liveâthis is one of 18 lots they ownâand theyâve been renting out the place for 6 months already without knowing it was in the wrong location.
The developer has evidently put forth a fairly logical solutionâjust trade lots with the other owner. Theyâre essentially identical. But the Vossâs response was that they have âother ideasâ, and to state they have a lawyer. Believe me, theyâre the oneâs laughingâall the way to the bank.
Sounds like the first surveying company screwed up, and then a second surveying company missed the first oneâs screw up. Thatâs pretty impressive.
âLots of lawyers and finger pointingâ.
I think youâre coming down too hard on the copy writer for what amounts to a typo. The last line did mention that the Vossâs have an attorney. And there was some finger pointing (The developer blaming the surveying company). And, um, âLotsâ were definitely involved.
So⌠âLots, lawyer and finger pointingâ was obviously what they meant.
Theyâre not really identical, though, if you look at the lot purchase price. The lot the property is on was bought in 2003 for twice the money that the homeowner paid for his lot in 2012. Iâm betting, without looking at the history of the property in that area, that the lot bought in 2003 has devalued to the 2012 valuation because of the housing crash, but itâs not a guarantee.
The easy solution would be for the builder to facilitate a swap-lot and kick some dough into the equation so no one felt cheated, and he seems like thatâs agreeable. The article makes the homeowner sound like he wants to sue everybody, but who knows.
Me? Iâd take the swapped lot and the nice-looking house, buy a bottle of wine for my eventual neighbor, and be glad that I have a lovely looking house. But thatâs me.
Does BB still maintain the âIâM DISAPPOINTEDâ list?
The winner is probably the people who own the lot. Very likely they end up with the lot next door plus some cash, or just cash if they want to sell.
The loser is probably the surveyorsâ insurance companies, but this is why they have it.
Oh, I donât doubt it, but theyâll also always be known for spending well over half a million dollars on a stupendously ugly beach box.
Mostly, I laughed because Iâm looking into purchasing an abandoned/vacant house to rehabilitate, and that house will likely cost between $0 and $5,000.
Yep, it should be settled amicably, with the survey companyâs insurance footing some reasonable amount to keep both parties happy. Since as you mention, the house is on a parcel worth more than the one they ownâand they didnât notice the difference for 6 months at least (presuming theyâve visited it) â the Vossâs should be happy just getting the ostensibly better lot. Itâs the other partyâthe one getting the lot of lesser valueâthat should be compensated.
ButâIâd be truly surprised if anything so reasonable transpires.
your house wonât be on the beach.
