man returned home to land he bought in 1991 to find someone built £1.2 million house on it

A man named Dr. Daniel Kenigsberg is taking legal action after he discovered that someone had started building a house on land that he says he still owns and has never sold.

Dr. Kenigsberg bought the land back in 1991. It is a half-acre plot located at 51 Sky Top Terrace in Fairfield, Connecticut. This piece of land is very special to him because it is right next to the home where he grew up as a child. His father had bought their family home in 1953 for $5,000.

Kenigsberg grew up in Fairfield and has always felt connected to the town. Even though he moved away for his education and career—attending medical school in New York, completing his residency in Maryland, and later raising a family in Long Island—he never forgot about his roots in Fairfield. For years, he held on to this vacant piece of land because he had big dreams for it.

Kenigsberg wanted to keep the land in the family. He hoped to pass it down to his children one day. “If one of my kids wanted to live in Fairfield, I would be so happy to give them the land to build a home,” he explained.

However, those plans were completely ruined on May 31, 2023. Kenigsberg received a phone call from a close friend who had seen construction happening on his land. The friend told him that someone had started building a house there. This was shocking news to Kenigsberg because, as far as he knew, the land was still his, and he had never sold it to anyone.

Kenigsberg recalled his reaction during the phone call: “I told my friend, ‘I own that land, and I never sold it.’ I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.”

Curious and concerned, he went to see the property for himself. When he arrived, he was stunned. The land had been cleared, and there was a nearly finished 4-bedroom house standing on it. It was obvious that a lot of work had been done, and he had no idea how this could have happened without his knowledge or permission.

After doing some digging, Kenigsberg discovered that official property records showed the land had been sold in October 2022. The records said the new owner was a company called 51 Sky Top Partners LLC, and they had supposedly bought the land for $350,000.

But Kenigsberg insists this sale never happened. He says he never signed any paperwork, never agreed to sell the land, and didn’t even know the sale had taken place until the construction started.

Feeling betrayed and angry, Kenigsberg decided to take legal action. He filed a lawsuit against the company that now claims to own the land. He is suing them for several reasons, including:

• Trespassing: Building on his land without permission.
• Statutory Theft: Stealing his property.
• Unfair Trade Practices: Engaging in unethical business activities.

In the lawsuit, Kenigsberg is asking the court to cancel the sale and return the land to him. He also wants the company to tear down the house and remove all the construction materials from the property. He is demanding that they restore the land to the way it was before they started building. Additionally, Kenigsberg is seeking $2 million in damages for the trouble and emotional distress this has caused him.

The house being built is large and expensive. It is a 4,000-square-foot, 4-bedroom home valued at $1.45 million. The house was even listed for sale in March 2024, and an offer had already been made by a potential buyer.

“I’m furious,” Kenigsberg said. “I can’t believe so many people could be so careless. This is not just annoying—it’s completely wrong. This should never have happened.”

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The Fairfield Police are now investigating to find out who is responsible for this mess. Lieutenant Michael Paris, a spokesperson for the police department, said that the investigation involves tracking a suspicious bank account transfer. “We’re still looking into it,” Paris said.

According to Kenigsberg’s lawsuit, someone impersonated him to steal the property. The lawsuit claims that a man from Johannesburg, South Africa, forged a legal document called a power of attorney. This fake document supposedly gave the impersonator the right to sell Kenigsberg’s land. The document was allegedly signed by someone named Anthony Monelli from Trumbull, Connecticut. Kenigsberg says he has no connection to these people and believes they created the fake document to commit fraud.

The company that bought the land, 51 Sky Top Partners LLC, says they were also victims of a scam. The owners of the company, Gina Leto and Greg Bugaj, say they had no idea the sale was fake.

In a statement, the company said: “We were shocked to learn that Kenigsberg didn’t actually sell us the land. A third party pretended to be him, and because so many real estate professionals were careless during the process, this fake sale was able to happen without anyone noticing.”