Wow! I've hit a few nerves here, I suspected that would happen. I'm not disagreeing with anything that has been said here or advocating that math shou...
Brian Allen, post: 393995, member: 1333 wrote: Yes, unfortunately too many take that untenable position. It is due, I imagine, to the principle of gi...
Holy Cow, post: 393558, member: 50 wrote: There are still quite a few ancient (by our standards) rock walls in existence in this corner of the world. ...
Brian Allen, post: 393458, member: 1333 wrote: I sure hope you moved the concrete markers to where they matched the record. Otherwise, apparently you...
Improvements aside, if your client gets record dimensions and all of the neighbors get record dimensions, how can they be unhappy? They are getting ex...
Hollandbriscoe, post: 393243, member: 9155 wrote: One thing i am seeing in this discussion is a lot of people are concerned with making the client hap...
linebender, post: 393176, member: 449 wrote: I don't feel pressure to give or take. A surveyor is not authorized to give and take. Retracement is dete...
I hear ya' . Having clients disclose concerns after you are underway is the worst. When someone calls for a survey, my very first question is, what is...
Dave Karoly, post: 392440, member: 94 wrote: Like Duane has said, those who choose to participate in the U.S. System of land ownership agree to things...
Dave Karoly, post: 392421, member: 94 wrote: The obsession with precision never ends. It can be that the property owners are more concerned with prec...
RADAR, post: 392394, member: 413 wrote: That's the biggest problem we face; people expect to get what the plat says, but their deed says lot 3 block 4...
Brian Allen, post: 392406, member: 1333 wrote: Yes, the courts will look at it that way, BUT ONLY, IF and AFTER they have found NO other evidence of t...
Brian Allen, post: 392400, member: 1333 wrote: No. The only "pressure" we should feel is the pressure to provide an unbiased, professional service. ...
Brian Allen said:If you are accepting the monuments as the lot corners, you are not "changing" the lot width - you have found the corners, you have di...
Rich., post: 392323, member: 10450 wrote: My biggest area of grey is when you 'accept' a non original, non called for monument. Isn't that allowing...
This thread has gotten a little too complicated! If the position of the monument is VIRTUALLY the same as where you'd calculate it to be based on othe...
Just working on a survey today where a surveyor in 1985 called off a pipe by 2.5' based on a couple of found original hubs that were a few lots away, ...
If this is happening on the lot being surveyed, I'd consider it a true pincushion, if it's outside of the immediate area being surveyed, it's just rep...
This opinion by your state board begs the question; if a monument is found and called off that is outside of your subject parcel being surveyed, must ...
If the other side is deposing you, it is typical that they would cut you a check right on the spot for your time. In terms of hourly rates, the prep t...
