This is a duesy.
A client of mine (a trust) is bleeding off parcels one at time, mostly in the 10 acre category. County property, rural residential.
I've done several for them, and there's always a tweek or two before everybody is happy. The "we want this line to go over to the tree line" kinda thing. Not a problem, they pay well and I like to keep them happy.
OK. Today I get a phone call from an owner of one of these previously surveyed tracts. The latest sale will adjoin her on two sides. I had to have her repeat herself a few times because I couldn't believe what she wanted..
Basically, as long as I was out there anyway, she wanted me to 'move' her property line (pins) so that her property had "a few more of those nice pecan trees down in the bottom."
At first, I was thinking she was going to approach the trust about selling her an acre or so more. Nope.
Her logic was that as long as the trust was 'selling' and a new buyer was 'buying' maybe I could just cut her a slice off the edge of another tract, and nobody would be the wiser.
The hilarious thing about it; She was almost insulted when I mentioned that it didn't even sound legal! She sounds like a sweet little old lady. But in her mind "they don't even live out here...nobody would be the wiser..and it would be a good time to do it. You know, since I was already out there and everything."
I still can't believe her logic. I had to explain that "things don't work like that, Ma'm."o.O
I've gotten the, "as long as you're here, can you just put my corners in too", while doing a lot survey/staking.
I don't know where that thinking comes from. Regardless of the issue of me not necessarily having the information, time, or desire to do what they're asking - why would they expect something for free that their neighbor is paying me to do?
When I was doing private work I quickly figured out the people who approach you for their corners too, cheap of course, usually can't seem to write a good check that will clear the bank, surprise surprise.
I might recommend a boundary line adjustment with the consent and full knowledge of the trust. Or a sale of additional land. But otherwise, yeah... She's nuts.
> I might recommend a boundary line adjustment with the consent and full knowledge of the trust. Or a sale of additional land. But otherwise, yeah... She's nuts.
I might recommend that the trust do something to solidify her current corners so that she doesn't convince some family member to do what she wanted Paden to do... Like set them in concrete or something.
Feh, slap some coordinates on them and they'll be fine. If there is still land to chop up, maybe drive by every once in a while to make sure they haven't started creeping.
During my very first month as a helper on a field crew, we were marking a short subdivision lot line. As the Crew Chief was writing "Lot Line" on one side of the last line lath, the guy next door comes out and offers him cash if we would mark his line also. Next thing I know the Crew Chief yells at me to but the instrument in the truck as he walks back out the line, writing "Lot Line" on the other side of the sane laths. When we pulled away he gave me $20 and said to keep my mouth shut when we got back to the office. 🙂 One born every minute.