As part of a R/W agreement. We were supposed to set new corners for the landowner. He has 2 20 ac. parcels that abbut the existing R/W and our new acquisistion is 20+/- feet off the frontage. He has an ornamental fx to set back on his own and he wanted the new line marked.
I sent the crew down with the project data, a copy of the owner's certificate of survey and instructions to find the 3 back pins and the 3 front pins (the 3 fronts were supposedly tied during the preliminary survey- not by me) check the data and set 3 new pins at the intersections of the parcel sidelines with the new R/W. The property is wide open, except for the structures the land owner has erected. the Project is Metric state plane. Pretty much as close to a slam dunk as you can get nowadays.... anyway....
Ring ring ring-
Crewster- " we found 5 pins- the middle one on the existing R/W is gone. The land owner dug it out when he put in his (dual use) approach on the parcel line."
The front pins fit record w/in .03' (25% better than the legendary .04'!!!!!!) and he was calling to confirm to just calc the point in and make the intersection- (technically not what was agreed to- intersect with found pins)
I told him go ahead and it would be less painful than starting a row over the technicality)
Crewster- "Oh, and the land owner wants to know if we want the pin- it's up by his garage....."
Sure, bring it back that way it's not going to show up somewhere it shouldn't.....
I had a guy show up at the office with one. He wanted me to put it back....for free. I told him that since the previous owner who originally had it set didn't sign up with the pin insurance program I would have to charge him.
A while back a "good realtor" client asked me if he could use some of my caps to put on some existing corners so that the buyer would know that all 4 corners on this 80 x 200 lot were legal.
With my bestest and mostest professionalest "huh", I said sure. But first I have to make sure they're in the right location. Plan on $600. I'll not only toss in the free caps, but I'll even give you a nice brand new shiney plat with a brand spankin' new seal with my signature. That makes it legal.
Didn't do that job and never worked for the guy again. Oh well.....
> I had a guy show up at the office with one. He wanted me to put it back....for free. I told him that since the previous owner who originally had it set didn't sign up with the pin insurance program I would have to charge him.
Better than the crew coming back to the office and saying, "Here's that stone you wanted us to find." 😀
What about a bound???
Had a crew that worked for me show up with the top portion of a town line bound and actually said
"here's the stone"
Boy what a mess trying to figure out what to do with it!!!
Jim in NH
