Oceanview Luxury Dream Home Built on the Wrong Lot now a Million $$ Problem
Flagler County - Ocean Hammock in Hammock Dunes - A Luxury ocean view dream home in beautiful Hammock Dunes, a high end gated master planned community in Palm Coast was actually constructed on the wrong lot. The mistake was not discovered until recently, six months after receiving the Certificate of Occupancy when a surveyor, who was doing a survey on the same street, discovered the error and notified the community manager and builder.
The 3-story vacation home, with an estimated construction value of $680,000 actually sits on the lot next door to the one it was supposed to be built on.
The builder, Keystone Homes (a highly respected builder) was hired to construct the home for the Voss's of central Missouri on one of the 18 lots the Voss's purchased in the community. As it turned out, Keystone actually built the home on the lot next door which was mistakenly tagged and surveyed with the incorrect information owned by the Massaro's from North Carolina who purchased their lot in 2003.
Keystone Homes has contacted the two lot owners and other parties involved and is trying to negotiate a settlement. The preliminary plat, foundation, and final survey all indicate that the 5300 SF home with 5 bedrooms and 5.5 baths sits on the correct lot. Flagler County delivered a Certificate of Occupancy in March. A title insurance policy was issued for #23 Ocean Ridge Blvd, but the house sits on #21 Ocean Ridge Blvd. North. The 5,300 square foot home is in the gated Ocean Hammock resort community of Hammock Dunes in Palm Coast and everyone, from the land surveyor, construction firm, utility companies and Flagler County building inspectors missed the crucial mistake.
It wasn't until September, six months after the Voss's house was completed, that the survey crew uncovered the error.
Attorneys are now involved and all parties are trying to work towards a settlement.
Exerpts of this article were taken from the article written by Bob Koslow at the Daytona Beach News Journal bob.koslow@news-jrnl.com and Flagler County Realtor Toby Tobin's Blog gotoby.com
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