14 DAY TRIAL // They say that to err is human. The problem is that, unfortunately, some errors come with a positively mind-boggling price tag. Errors like, say, building an expensive and really fancy home on somebody else's land.
At this point, some might be tempted to argue that such incidents can only happen in movies. Cheap comedies that don't really appeal to their viewers' brain power, to be more precise. We beg to differ.
It is very much possible for such a mishap to turn the lives of otherwise regular folks topsy-turvy. In fact, one such incident happened in Florida, US, not too long ago.
How a dream house becomes a nightmare
According to Oddity Central, Mark Voss and his wife currently own as many as 18 residential lots in the Ocean Hammock community in Florida. Among them is one that they purchased back in 2012.
The Vosses explain that, shortly after acquiring this residential lot, they contacted a company named Keystone Homes and had it build a three-story house for them. The beach house packs five bedrooms and cost an impressive $680,000 (€535,600) to erect.
As noticeable in the photo accompanying this article, the home that Keystone employees put together for this couple is nothing short of fancy. What's more, word has it that it offers a great view of the nearby ocean.
The problem is that, by the looks of it, the workers who erected this three-story house somehow got confused and built it on the wrong lot. That's right, the Vosses' home was built on land that does not belong to them.
More precisely, the house's address is 21 Ocean Ridge Blvd. North instead of 23 Ocean Ridge Blvd., which is the lot owned by the Vosses. “We're in total disbelief,” Mark said in a statement.
It is understood that the lot now accommodating for the Vosses' dream home belongs to one other couple who bought it in 2013 but who has until now failed to do anything with it.
What's going to happen now?
By the looks of it, Keystone Homes and the Vosses are now doing their best to enter some sort of agreement with the couple who owns the lot on which the house was mistakenly built. Lawyers are also involved, and Mark and his wife are hopeful that things will eventually work out in their favor.
“I have built about 600 homes in Flagler County and this has never happened to me before. It does happen, but it’s rare,” Robbie Richmond, the current vice president of Keystone Homes, told the press in a recent interview.
“We took the steps we normally go through. We are 100 percent committed to finding a resolution that is fair,” Robbie Richmond went on to comment on this peculiar incident.