Two?ÿnew neighbors of mine are having a bit of a conflict. One purchased in January (east property) and has been remodeling for the last couple of months before moving in. The other purchased in July (west property) and moved in. Anyway they have been "talking" about maybe "cleaning up" the line between and maybe the remodeling one buying out some of the newer neighbor.
I kinda new there were some issues with these two properties, little did I know how extensive it was. The property to the west was combined with a lot to the north and then adding a portion of a lot to the northeast to the two lots. The north lot of this mess also deeded a part of that lot to?ÿthe northeast lot trading some property, then they also got 2' of the property to the east-the January owners.
The east property gave up 2 feet to the west property and 30 feet to the lot to the northeast. The whole mess was done between 1984 and 1987 inside of a two adjacent 1978 subdivisions, totally against any subdivision regulations.
So now there are 4 subdivision Lots, irregular shaped to start with;?ÿlittle triangles and strips shifted between all four like a nasty jigsaw puzzle. Deeds for all this are the courthouse, I have no idea how it all came about but it wasn't by the rules. Only a court decree could have possible made it all "legal".?ÿ I doubt there ever was a court decree,,,,,,but maybe, so I get to try and track that down, sometimes it's simple,,,,,sometimes not.
Stupid little lot survey expanding into a mess by the hour.
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We just need the one line between us.
I would still stay out of that mess, I would not survey any tract of land that I would also have to Survey my property to get the boundary correct, that is a conflict of interest.?ÿ
Mighty Moe, have you ever surveyed your own lot relative to your whole block? I would not consider anything if I did not know my own lot was whole and defensible. It is possible you might have to engage a surveyor in your own defense. If I knew my own lot were whole and not in jeopardy of other lot's solutions, I would consider writing a single offer letter to both neighbors explaining that for an agreed upon fee for each, with the stipulation that if both could not agree to allow me to do the other's survey then I would not do either. If either one chose to use a different surveyor to respond if they object to my surveying the other parcel, noting that in any case it would be necessary to enter both parcels to do a proper survey. I would accompany each letter with an offer?ÿfee for that neighbor.
Is it too late to move out of that neighborhood?
Paul in PA
Who was the fool that offered up the info that you were a surveyor???? ??ÿ?ÿ
Time to start walking around your yard with a red-tipped white cane and dark glasses.... ??ÿ
I almost got there this summer, but I recovered, now people think I'm functional. None of this will be along any of my property lines, but it is across the street.
You said that you tried to stay out......... well I would submit that you need to try harder grasshopper.
Turns out all corners are monemented, all fit, all done, easy peasy. ?ÿEveryone is happy ??ÿ
I have a new project that is taking some last minute deed recordings to clean up title to the project property and adjoining properties.
They were all divided from a 20 acre parent tract with work done by unlicensed surveyor that wrote descriptions for an owner that did his own financing and the fact that none of the deeds were filed with the County Clerk and the fact that none came with title insurance for any of the newly created tracts.
BTW, I do not have any problem with surveying my own land along with any other lands that may or may not have a problem and I do not see it as a conflict of interest as long as I am performing my duty as a Registered Professional Land Surveyor in the State of Texas.
Others may object and call foul, they can hire their own surveyors if they wish and I'd tell them all that it would be a waste of money as I would never favor myself in any of the decision making.
Our job is to protect the public and that is what we do no matter the client.
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The passing of the original owner financier and sale of the remainder of the property is having a trickle down effect in the community named for the man's family.
Long term clouded business under the table has taken a toll on the legacy and financial situation of some rather nice people.
