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  1. #1
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    Default Property dispute

    My husband and I bought a duplex on 2 1/2 acres 6 months ago. 2 months later the same seller sold a house on ten acres. This house is right next to ours. The people who bought it had a survey done and the entire house is on our property. It is taking up over half an acre of our land. My husband pulled the permits for both houses and all the permits were pulled on our address. The sale 6 months ago is the first time that the properties were sold seperately. The assessors office said that we are going to be taxed for the house. What are our rights in this case?

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    Default Follow up: Retained a lawyer

    According to him, that's our house. We have several options, we can sell our house back to the seller for a profit, we can take the house, or we can sell that house back to the seller for fair market value. Unbelievable. The lawyer said he's never heard of a case like this in all the years he's been practicing.

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    Default Purchase of Property

    My knee-jerk reaction is to agree with your lawyer. The same seller owned both properties when he sold you the land, and when you purchased the land you got ownership of the structures it contains. (I say "knee-jerk" because I haven't researched your local real estate laws, and there can be variation from state to state.)

    There's an additional issue, which is that when all of this is worked out both you and the people who think they bought the house will need accurate title work reflecting whatever the final resolution happens to be.

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