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 The mistake occurred after two state-certified surveyors on the
job separately marked the wrong property, said Carl Laundrie,
spokesman for Flagler County on the Atlantic Coast north of Daytona
Beach.
Laundrie said there were few landmarks in the new Hammock Dunes
subdivision that could have helped someone catch the error.
"There is no giant oak tree on one corner of the lot so you would
say, okay, this must be the lot. This particular piece of land is
basically in a field back behind the dune," Laundrie said.
The 5,300-square-foot (492-sq-meter) house, which was completed in
March, includes five bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms, a theater,
game room and swimming pool, according to gotoby.com, a local real
estate news site.
 Mark and Brenda Voss of Linn, Missouri, who had the home built, did
not return calls for comment, nor did Andrew Massaro and Brooke
Triplett of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, who own the lot.
The Vosses own the lot next door to the one on which the house was
built.
Flagler County Property Appraiser Jay Gardner said the mistake was
discovered in September by a third surveyor working in the
neighborhood.
The builder, Robbie Richmond of Keystone Homes, who the real estate
website described as one of the area's most respected builders, did
not return a call for comment.
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Flagler County Property Appraiser Jay Gardner said he spoke to
Richmond.
"All he wants to do is get it right," Gardner said.
Representatives of the surveying companies on the project also did
not return calls for comment.
"It's up to the builder to rectify the situation, and the builder
relied on the surveyor. I assume everything is going to be headed to
court,{" said Laundrie.
Gardner said he hadn't spoken to the Vosses, but that Massaro was
calm when informed of the problem.
'He wasn't tickled but he seemed to handle it quite well," Gardner
said. "It happens from time to time."
(Editing by David Adams and Sandra Maler)
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