I am working on a city survey so I like to get and plot the deeds contained in the block. One property has an easement. I happily plotted it from the description and this is what I got. Thankfully this property is not an abutter or the property for the survey. It's purpose is to confuse anyone trying to use it.
I'm not certain but I think I see the suspect vector.
I think I see it, too. Nothing a little alphabet substitution won't resolve.
On these I usually hook the last call onto the POB and work backwards until the apparent blunder pops out.
I may have found the errors in the description of this easement. First it is an access easement since the house nearly covers the entire lot. Second, the easement is on adjacent property to the east.
I changed the third course to northeast, not northwest as the description is written. Also, I think there should have been an additional course and distance. So I added that. These changes are shown in red on the new plot.
After looking at an aerial image of the neighborhood this solution fits okay
The first plot was much more amusing.
This is what I came up with; everything fit somewhat well except the 40.81 call so I thought maybe the distance on that was fat fingered. Pretty serious crapshoot without seeing the lot it came from though.
How will it fit if you only change the third distance to 4.81'? No need to add a major missing course.
Is this the from the first description of the easement, or can you run it back in time to try to find a transcription error from an earlier deed?
I should have dimensioned my drawing but that would have taken too much work. 😏 Basically the 23.00 line misses the 40.81 line by a few tenths if you leave all of the bearings as written. The 40.81 line ended up being 2.80 feet long in my sketch.
I think it fits like this. House #669 is the servient estate and house #665 is the dominant estate. It appears to be access to a garage on #669's property.
Thank you for participating. I'll be sending the attorney a bill.
Here is an aerial view.
One final thought would be that the two courses back from the street may be parallel.