Watch out for neighbors when on vacation

[BobT]

Tough and lonely way to live. It's so much nicer when you become friends with neighbors. More likely the friendly neighbor will be inclined to keep an eye on things for you when you're not home, be there in an emergency, etc.

[deerminator]

I guess I'm not sure why a survey, if valid and legal, from 28 years ago wouldn't hold water today. We purchased a piece of land we built our house on it. The neighbors on each side didn't have any current survey information as they had never took out a loan to build like we had. We ended up paying for the survey and a quiet title action with an attorney. When everything was finished, everyone's property line moved to the right about 5 feet. Everyone was welcome to challenge it. But in the end, we all agreed upon the new property lines and we shared our survey info with our neighbor so his survey would be much cheaper when he built a new house on his property. Bottom line is that a legal and valid survey is a better more productive answer than trying to make a big production out of everything.

[primetime49]

[Powerstroke]

I realize my comment about "28 yrs ago means nothing" was a bit flippant, but that point was made that maybe both surveys are right. A survey recorded today will usually carry more weight than an older one. Unfortunately, how things were recorded and how accurate they were 28yrs ago may not be as sound as people want to think. They way technology has changed and you add in the human factor can affect many things. I work for a municipality and I'm a law enforcement student.We have many things on file in our records about the locations of various city property and markers. Things aren't where we thought they were because they were written by hand and usually relayed from memory. Its good when its right, but not very reliable when you're trying to read handwriting from 20-50yrs ago on old paper.

People live in their homes for decades saying they know where the boundaries are, but until a new survey is required and people are "reminded" where the actual boundaries are they continue to think they know. It happens all the time. In the course of doing my own remodel we needed a new survey. It had been more than 20yrs and there wasn't one on file. We had it done and the marks weren't quite where we thought they were. Was a I wrong? of course.

I totally agree that this is one side of the story. Any level-headed authority would grant a temporary injunction while this was being decided. It is a civil matter. The law is the law and the officers are only operating on the facts they have.

I hope this works out for you primetime because it seems like a bad neighbor issue. However, talking about it behind people's back is no way to deal with it. Just cause "you've heard they are doing" it doesn't make that true and there is always a high road. Stick to the facts and keep it in court. Nothing good can come from turning a whole community into the Hatfields and the McCoy's.

[SFC]

I wish we could hear the neighbors side of the issue. Some of the things u are doing to resolve this make me think u may be not be so innocent in all this,some one is not going to go thru all the hassle of what your neighbors have done without a good reason. Ripping them behind their backs wont solve anything, suck it up get a lawyer, let them handle it , it will relieve your stress.