IN HAWAII'S HOT REAL ESTATE
MARKET...OLD HOMES ARE
BOUGHT...TORN
NEW IS RAISING EYEBROWS.
VIEWERS FROM ACROSS OAHU REACHED
OUT TO
INVESTIGATING AND TOOK A LOOK AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING...GINA?
Joe, some of these new houses
this quiet kaneohe street isn't
quite rolling out the welcome
01;02;04;11 he explained to my
friend over there it's gonna
with a wet bar
01;11;49;07 i'm gina with
channel 2 news
the builders on site helped us
get ahold of the owner
01;14;22;55 it looks like
there's 4 different entrances,
enough kitchen equipment for 4,
is it going to be rented
anyway once built -- the
neighbors say they'll be on
01;09;10;10 he can build a
CASTLE if he wants to but
only 1 family should live there.
more than 1 family lives
happening in her neighborhood.
we checked this property right
next to her and learned it's
single family plus 1 ohana unit
but got a notice of violation
when city inspectors
found 4 different kitchens and
neighborhood and saw lots of
big houses 2 and 3 stories...
01;20;44;28 this is what i'm
talking about gina!
We checked building permits on
some and found 10, 15
two-family zoning.
the city tells me while there's
regulations on square footage
01;03;42;11 GINA is it time to
update the ordinances
footage. i'm happy to have
that double-triple-quadruple the
former size, eventually on
the rental market for thousands
a month per unit,
even $750 dollars or more a day
as vacation rentals. city
out to the owner who's also
developing next door, and
also tried through a former
homeless
01;04;38;19 there are many folks
doiNG it in the confines
of the law who are renting these
dwellings to local
families who need a place to
live
permitted number of kitchens,
NOT throwing up extra
unpermitted interior dividing
walls.
but some turn houses into
apartment complexes after the
01;02;24;46 you have these
UNSCRUPULOUS people
who will get the COO, come back
and make all these
game
01;02;14;35 that's exactly what
happens
01;01;58;14 then it's incumbent
upon folks to try to
get DPP to come back and do a
followup inspection
We asked the DPP how many
notices of violations they've
illegal units and too many
occupants as well as other
violations before a fine even
sets in. that home we saw on a
vacation rental site--- had
violations for repeated vacation
rental, over-
occupancy and after-the-fact
building...and got a
a deterrent.
01;09;23;07 let's say they end
up racking up $10,000, it's not
uncommon for fines to be settled
for 10% of that amount
a minor inconvenience
01;08;31;43 the department will
tell you FINING THE
BEJESUS out of someone is not
their goal, COMPLIANCE
is
01;10;08;54 the point was to
drive the message home that
if YOU DECIDE to operate outside
the confines of city
and if an illegal rental is
found, it's often unsuspecting
tenants who end up in the
middle.
we're digging into their rights
and recourse and will follow
up.
GINA MANGIERI, KHON2 NEWS.