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They want like $800 for the survey.
And my name will be on the deed/title.
I think I left out some info. I read that it it possible to roll in the closing costs and such & told him to see if it's possible to do it in our situation. It's just that he isn't a good communicator and didn't tell me every little bit of detail, it's all stressing the heck out of him.
I work for the local government and have to sort out all the headaches that come from not getting a survey. so I don't mean to sound preechy, I just want to be sure you are thinking this through.
$800 is a very small price to pay for all the info you will get on a survey. It tells you where your lot starts and ends, how your building(s) are on the property, if the neighbors fence or shed is on your property, and it is the only way to legally prove many things about your property.
Example: A fella came in the other day, he said the neighbor just moved his shed off his land (and boy was he mad!) I asked if he had a survey to show where his neighbor had trespassed. "NO! I Know where I live!"
Me: Well good, show me on this map.
Him: Right here, this 500 feet from the corner to here (pointing at the map)
Me: Sir, according to the plat your lot is only 250 feet wide.
Him: That ain't right, I built that shed on the side of my lot.
Me: No sir, you built a shed on your neighbors lot.
Him: He told me that but my realtor said...
Me: You know what a person said will never hold up in court against documentation, right?
Him: yeah, I know, but my realtor told me....
I was sad to have to explain to him that since his neighbor gave him warning to move it or lose it nad he didn't respond cause his realtor said, his $2000 shed with $5000 worth of snow machines and tools was now the neighbors property.
Another man came in because he was getting fined $500 + $100 a day till he moves his fence. It's blocking a public easement that runs along his west property line. His realtor, the fence guy, the guy from the power company and the neighbor told him he could build his fence there. He checked his plat (which you can get from your realtor, the state recorders office or county platting office) and it didn't show the easement. The problem here was that the plat was recorded in 1983 and then the state recorded a historic trail easement along his property boundary in 1986. The current owner of record at the time was notified and signed off on it. It didn't come up in teh title search (although it should have) but it would have shown on the survey.
I could go on, but I don't need to, just please, please get the survey.
And I echo everything I read above about communication and not splitting hairs or bills. If you are together, you are together 100%.
They want like $800 for the survey.
And my name will be on the deed/title.
I think I left out some info. I read that it it possible to roll in the closing costs and such & told him to see if it's possible to do it in our situation. It's just that he isn't a good communicator and didn't tell me every little bit of detail, it's all stressing the heck out of him.
I work for the local government and have to sort out all the headaches that come from not getting a survey. so I don't mean to sound preechy, I just want to be sure you are thinking this through.
$800 is a very small price to pay for all the info you will get on a survey. It tells you where your lot starts and ends, how your building(s) are on the property, if the neighbors fence or shed is on your property, and it is the only way to legally prove many things about your property.
Example: A fella came in the other day, he said the neighbor just moved his shed off his land (and boy was he mad!) I asked if he had a survey to show where his neighbor had trespassed. "NO! I Know where I live!"
Me: Well good, show me on this map.
Him: Right here, this 500 feet from the corner to here (pointing at the map)
Me: Sir, according to the plat your lot is only 250 feet wide.
Him: That ain't right, I built that shed on the side of my lot.
Me: No sir, you built a shed on your neighbors lot.
Him: He told me that but my realtor said...
Me: You know what a person said will never hold up in court against documentation, right?
Him: yeah, I know, but my realtor told me....
I was sad to have to explain to him that since his neighbor gave him warning to move it or lose it nad he didn't respond cause his realtor said, his $2000 shed with $5000 worth of snow machines and tools was now the neighbors property.
Another man came in because he was getting fined $500 + $100 a day till he moves his fence. It's blocking a public easement that runs along his west property line. His realtor, the fence guy, the guy from the power company and the neighbor told him he could build his fence there. He checked his plat (which you can get from your realtor, the state recorders office or county platting office) and it didn't show the easement. The problem here was that the plat was recorded in 1983 and then the state recorded a historic trail easement along his property boundary in 1986. The current owner of record at the time was notified and signed off on it. It didn't come up in teh title search (although it should have) but it would have shown on the survey.
I could go on, but I don't need to, just please, please get the survey.
And I echo everything I read above about communication and not splitting hairs or bills. If you are together, you are together 100%.
