Oceanfront dream home built on wrong lot Dream house, ocean view, wrong lot Builder seeks to resolve mistake in Ocean …

Published: Monday, October 13, 2014 at 3:48 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 13, 2014 at 3:48 p.m.

Their three-story vacation rental house with an estimated construction value of $680,000 actually sits on the lot next to the one they own in the gated Ocean Hammock resort community.

We are in total disbelief, just amazed this could happen, said Mark Voss, who owns a property management and real estate company in central Missouri. We may have moved (to Ocean Hammock) someday. But, with this headache and grief, were not so sure. The Midwest is looking pretty good right now.

The Vosss builder, Keystone Homes, which is based in Ormond Beach but builds primarily in Flagler County, has contacted the two lot owners and other parties and is trying to negotiate a settlement, said Robbie Richmond, company vice president.

The buck stops with the builder. We know that. We are in the process of trying to schedule a conference call and find a fair resolution without the lawyers, Richmond said. I have built about 600 homes in Flagler County and this has never happened to me before. It does happen, but its rare.

The Vosses, who own 18 other residential lots in the Hammock Dunes master-planned community, paid $160,000 for one with a street address of 23 Ocean Ridge Blvd. North in June 2012, according to Flagler County property records. They hired Keystone Homes to design and build a 5,000-square-foot house there to use as a vacation rental managed by Vacation Rental Pros in St. Augustine.

The house has five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. It also includes a home theater, game room and screened-in pool.

But the house was mistakenly built on the lot next door, 21 Ocean Ridge Blvd. North.

Andrew Massaro and his wife, Brooke Triplett, of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, bought that lot in 2003 for $355,000. They could not be reached for comment.

The builder and Voss each say the error can be traced to the first survey in 2013. East Coast Land Surveying in Ormond Beach misplaced stakes, and the foundation survey and other documents and building activity were based on the error. During construction, dozens of subcontractors arrived each day to work at the wrong lot. And a final survey failed to note the error.

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