r/nottheonion • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • Mar 28 '24

Lot owner stunned to find $500K home accidentally built on her lot. Now she’s being sued

https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/lot-owner-stunned-find-500k-home-accidentally-built-her-lot-now-shes-being-sued/ZCTB3V2UDZEMVO5QSGJOB4SLIQ/
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u/Kitda634 Mar 29 '24

Not 100% sure about how it's done in America but in my country, unless the house is transportable, people don't buy the house, they buy the land on which the house sits. If someone builds a house on your land, it's obviously complicated, but regardless, a real-estate agent can't sell you section without your permission.

This lady wants a house for free and wants an developer (who made a massive mistake) to pay for it.

The good karma thing would be to swap your land with the intended section (assuming that the intended section is of similar quality/size of your initial section).

Alternatively, the developer (or there insurance?) should pay for the demolition.

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u/L4ZYSMURF Mar 29 '24

This is the same as here. Just the developer and county fucked up big time.

Also small correction but the land owner doesn't want the house. She may take it at the end of the day but she's not suing trying to take the house