Captain Sandy Yawn of Below deck, the Mediterranean alleges that her home in Florida was left unfinished and that the developers went “MIA with all our money.”
The Bravo star, 58, claimed to a local outlet in Florida The first coastal news that after she bought a house in Nocatee, Florida with fiancee Leah Shafer — a sale previously reported to be $1.6 million — the builders disappeared.
“We put the money in our bank account and used every dime we had, and this is our finished product,” Yawn said.
The house, located in the district of St. Johns, it seems unfinished in the video he took The first coastal news. The Jacksonville Daily Recordwho previously broke news of the sale in January, noted that Pineapple Corporation of Jacksonville Inc. sold the house to Yawn.
“We want justice and we want our money back along with the other victims,” Yawn said in a statement to PEOPLE.
Pineapple Corporation did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment Thursday and Friday.
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The yawn told The first coastal news that she had to hire additional workers to finish her house, which she said could cost her an additional $800,000.
“Pineapple Corporation is communicating with all parties involved to find a mutually beneficial solution,” company president Spencer Calvert told the outlet. “We do not disclose the details of private negotiations.”
According to The first coastal newsthe company is not on Nocatee’s current list of developers, and other residents claim they haven’t seen developers on site in a year.
According to a local newspaper News 4 Jaxofficials of St. The Johns believe that the Pineapple Corporation is no longer in business.
County officials did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request Friday to confirm the company’s status.
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Captain Sandy Yawn stands in front of her Florida home that she claimed was left unfinished by builders.
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Shafer said she and Yawn “worked really, really hard to pay cash for this house.”
“And it’s gone. It’s like gone,” Shafer said The first coastal news. “And so now we actually have to pay twice for this house.”
Other neighbors voiced their complaints to the outlet, including Demetrius Fishkin who claimed he had to spend an extra $500,000 to finish the house he was supposed to move into 18 months ago. Another tenant said she had put her “life savings” into a house next door.
“For the Pineapple Corporation to just go away and leave it not only unfinished, it’s a mess,” neighbor Lisa Sparks said.
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