Even though I didn't specify, I was referring to boundary surveys, not subdivisions.
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I agree. In fact, get the woman and the neighbor in to discuss/interpret the drawings they have, and then enter into a discussion on what it would take for them hire you to do any additional work. It might give them the idea to split the cost if they still don't agree on where the lines on the plat are. It might help them to realize that it would be cheaper to reach a mutual understanding. Andi t may also give them the idea that you're a good guy in helping them understand the plat.
Some people can't be educated - and they NEVER make good clients!
My experience is that teachers are among the worst. They all seem to think a survey should only cost a hundred bucks.....
> I agree. In fact, get the woman and the neighbor in to discuss/interpret the drawings they have, and then enter into a discussion on what it would take for them hire you to do any additional work. It might give them the idea to split the cost if they still don't agree on where the lines on the plat are. It might help them to realize that it would be cheaper to reach a mutual understanding. Andi t may also give them the idea that you're a good guy in helping them understand the plat.
That would describe something that I would never expect to happen. First of all, there is a dispute already and from the facts described, it sounds as if there is a 95% chance that there is a clash of personalities to drive the technical question of where the boundary is.
In that scenario, the only mutually successful resolution as far as the disputants are concerned will be if both are shown to be wrong. That way, they can both blame the surveyor(s) and get on with their lives. Be sure to get paid up front, because you are the obvious bad guy who will tell them they are both wrong.
Maybe she should just walk across the hall and ask the math teacher.
Ditto Mark !
Carl should have said to the caller, so you also pay for the classroom building, tables, chairs, electricity heating/cooling. Text books etc, etc....
The worst part is that caller is teaching US children with her uneducated bias and propaganda!
RADU
> > I agree. In fact, get the woman and the neighbor in to discuss/interpret the drawings they have, and then enter into a discussion on what it would take for them hire you to do any additional work. It might give them the idea to split the cost if they still don't agree on where the lines on the plat are. It might help them to realize that it would be cheaper to reach a mutual understanding. Andi t may also give them the idea that you're a good guy in helping them understand the plat.
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> That would describe something that I would never expect to happen. First of all, there is a dispute already and from the facts described, it sounds as if there is a 95% chance that there is a clash of personalities to drive the technical question of where the boundary is.
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> In that scenario, the only mutually successful resolution as far as the disputants are concerned will be if both are shown to be wrong. That way, they can both blame the surveyor(s) and get on with their lives. Be sure to get paid up front, because you are the obvious bad guy who will tell them they are both wrong.
Exactly. This has been my experience in the situation described here. The pie-in-the-sky idealism that both parties will be understanding and accede to the surveyor's opinion is certainly optimistic, but not realistic in this scenario.