A. Request for a boundary and topo proposal on a residential lot, about 7,000 square feet (the lot, not the home). Full page typed detailing exactly what he wants and where, and state plane coordinates but assumed elevations. I declined and told him he will be shocked when he sees the fee, if he gets any takers.
B. Lot out in the sticks, a survey I did several years ago. Original plat by an engineering and surveying company. The brass caps in the street have one partner's number, and the lot rebars have the other partner's number. In other words, original monuments, no doubt. There is a five-foot or so discrepancy north/south; just tenths east/west. I went well outside the lot to prove the monuments. I told the realtor the monuments are where they are, period. He still wants to know how to correct the "errors."
I'm going to sit out front with my coffee and watch the flower seedlings grow
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The correct answer for B is to give the realtor a pry bar and let him fix the problem.?ÿ
I'd be curious to see this letter from A.?ÿ ?????ÿ For B tell them to go nag the engineering company to amend their plat.
For A, it is what it is.?ÿ He can either hire you or not.
For B, you can't fix anything.?ÿ But you can prepare a plan showing what you found and measured.?ÿ What they want to do with it, change the deed description, etc, it's not really your call or worry.?ÿ
Enjoy your coffee
For B, you could re-plat with the corrected dimensions. That would require the necessary applications, etc. That shows the realtor the cost of doing a "correction", which will help him understand why it is best to let it be what it is.?ÿ ?ÿ
I'd be at $1500 for B-fees only.
Depending on the jurisdiction.
Heck, I would need at least another $500 simply for my time at meetings.?ÿ
And for what?
Nothing.?ÿ
My fee to replat would be in the $5000 range. That would be about 10% of the engineer/planner fee. Then there would be the filing fee of around another $5k. Then the permits. $30k? Then whatever the contractor might charge to upgrade the services to current spec. I might pick up anther $5k for the staking there. Lucky to get it done for $200k.?ÿ
Once the realtor understand that is what it cost to "fix" this he will be content to let it be what it is.
Fees to do what? You can't fix an original monument, unless all the affected neighbours are on board, and at least one stands to lose....
Hey folks let's back off on quoting prices for this and and that on a commercial land surveying website.?ÿ There's been successful litigation in the past where land surveyors conspired to jack up local prices.
Or not so carry on and behave responsibly with reasonable quotes with no input from competitors bids.
Conspiracy = "Let's all go get surgery and have our appendages adjusted to precisely 10.23 inches length."
Comparison = "My duck is bigger than your duck ..."
Braggadocio = "... by 2 bills."
I'm simply throwing out some of the fees that you need to pay to file a simple replat to "fix" the "errors".
But that's only for a simple replat of one lot. Of course you couldn't move any original monument without changing all the neighbor's lines. Which would push the project into a major subdivision and the fees would skyrocket.?ÿ
Semantics are important. Undisturbed original monuments (not infringing on senior lines) have no error.
There isn't anything to fix.?ÿ
I would refuse to take a job like that.?ÿ
The suggestion to have the original surveyor "fix" it is moot once the property is granted from the subdivider.?ÿ
There isn't any error anyway. The monuments are exactly at the corners.?ÿ