Having neighbors as separate clients can cause some interesting situations.?ÿ
I have one client that is selling, the neighbor has his parcel almost surrounded by the seller and the neighbor's tract was reserved from the larger parcel that is now up for sell. Trouble is that the small parcel was expanded and monumented a few decades ago, the transaction sat in a local attorneys office and never was filed.?ÿ
Now the neighbor is a new client getting the expanded parcel "fixed" and all sorts of issues come up, easements that are needed, old county road that was changed, the granting of a parcel that came out of the original tract that conflicts with the small parcel.?ÿ
Can't discuss one solution with the neighbor without running it by the seller.?ÿ
Probably should have sent the neighbor to a different surveyor.?ÿ
But,,,,,,,so far so good, no one is angry...??.yet.
Caught up in a whirl wind; can't catch my breath...
I once re-platted a large industrial tract for a developer which sub-divided it into several smaller tracts.?ÿ My client kept a larger lot and sold the others.?ÿ As time went by I worked on several of those lots for the respective buyers as they developed.
The original developer got cross-wise with one of the buyers over the improvements that buyer was proposing.?ÿ I wound up at the city council meeting for the newer buyer.?ÿ The original developer was there also, but this time I was working for his "opponent".
He caught me in the hall during the break and stated, "I thought you were my surveyor".?ÿ He was agitated I was working for the other guy and told me he wouldn't ever use me again.
I told him I figured we were both losing out...he was losing a good surveyor and I was losing the biggest headache I ever had.?ÿ
He never called me again and that was OK.
Peel the (record) onion, add the physical evidence and present best case, worst case and cost to the owners. If they are smart they will let you help them fix it. Your part is to extract a solution from them they can live with and document according to the law. Don't forget to make a bunch of money.
Radar,
Is this a "Race" state or not?
Whether or not, the setting of monuments and use for the expanded parcel gave public notice to the seller. Fix that first then pick up the easements and other pieces. Don't try to do it in one document, follow the original sequence and document each step separately.
Paul in PA?ÿ