madteaparty Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 We are in the process of buying a house and we paid for a survey (even though it is not required--there's tax maps and old surveys). Anyway this reveals that, when adjacent property was subdivided, mistakes (according to our surveyor) were made to where if he is correct, there's three different tax maps that conflict with our deed and tax map. (The three were done at the same time). At least one of those properties has been sold recently and no one discovered this mistake (!!). I think we will pull our down payment from escrow,, and lose the expenses we've sunk into this, as I'm not interested in purchasing a controversy. Just wondering if anyone else dealt with this and how it got resolved... 1 Quote
goldberry Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) Is it a big enough difference to worry about? When we moved to a rural location, we were going to pay for a survey, because one of the property lines was unclear and we were going to put a fence up, which had a neighbor on that side. Our property had a very sharp drop off. The short story is two different survey companies told us they could not do the survey. Another company said they would do it, but they would have to charge us X exorbitant amount. I was informed that happens a lot out here in our area. I asked what people do about fences, and was told to get with our neighbor and agree where we should put the line. ?? I got with the neighbor, who said they went through the same thing when they tried to have their survey done. We both got out our individual property plats, compared the measurements, and staked out a point. When we sold the house, the new owners went through the same process of trying to get a survey and not being able to. It didn't stop the sale and we all moved on! Edited August 23, 2016 by goldberry 1 Quote
lllll Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) nm Edited August 24, 2016 by Cathi 1 Quote
Miss Tick Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 I'm trying not to look at this thread because I think that our now-deceased neighbor with a likely-to-become-museum house may, perhaps, have thought he owned a strip of our backyard, and the same strip in two of our neighbors' yards. Wait a minute, you're moving east, right? Wouldn't that be awkward... Quote
madteaparty Posted August 23, 2016 Author Posted August 23, 2016 Is it a big enough difference to worry about? When we moved to a rural location, we were going to pay for a survey, because one of the property lines was unclear and we were going to put a fence up, which had a neighbor on that side. Our property had a very sharp drop off. The short story is two different survey companies told us they could not do the survey. Another company said they would do it, but they would have to charge us X exorbitant amount. I was informed that happens a lot out here in our area. I asked what people do about fences, and was told to get with our neighbor and agree where we should put the line. ?? I got with the neighbor, who said they went through the same thing when they tried to have their survey done. We both got out our individual property plats, compared the measurements, and staked out a point. When we sold the house, the new owners went through the same process of trying to get a survey and not being able to. It didn't stop the sale and we all moved on! Two of the three are no big deal (couple of feet in the woods at the back of our/their property. But one is. This one Neighbor house is really close and if their tax map was correct (it isn't) our would be garden,'play set and playhouse would all be partly on their property. As it is, they have a fence up well inside their (correct) property line. It's a mess. The main issue is that there are mature trees separating these two properties right on the line. ..if they choose to cut these for mountain view then I will be able to see what they're having for dinner... 1 Quote
madteaparty Posted August 23, 2016 Author Posted August 23, 2016 That, and we had good title insurance. How does one even know whether they have good title insurance? It's a standard policy, no? It's not like we can negotiate line by line the title insurance policy...That's another thing that I'm wondering about in this scenario, I'd want the survey I paid for to be included in the title insurance under "description of property" and I can't imagine they write that policy now that everyone knows there's a conflict. So it may not be up to us to pull the plug... Quote
lllll Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) nm Edited August 24, 2016 by Cathi 1 Quote
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 23, 2016 Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) My sister bought some property last year and when discussing with the neighbors where they property line was they got rude.... they tried to tell her it was 10 feet farther away from them then she had been told. She went and got a surveyor (seriously they were trying to keep her from putting in a decent driveway). Come to find out not only were they wrong but the line was an even further 15 feet on "their side. Her property now encompasses all of their large shed and a corner of their house. Good thing she's a nice person (they're still being rude) and hasn't charged them rent :glare: . So while a wonky survey might be a hassle I would hate to be on the losing end of it. ETA: glaring grammar mistakes..... the more obscure ones have been left as is. Edited August 23, 2016 by foxbridgeacademy 2 Quote
madteaparty Posted August 23, 2016 Author Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) We have the oldest deed and I'm sure this surveyor is right. I don't want to fight about this though. I'm already feeding my kids granola bars, how low can one sink? :) Edited August 23, 2016 by madteaparty 1 Quote
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