Selling a piece of the family land sounds simple until someone asks exactly where the new line sits. An old fence, a handshake, or a note in a parent’s files won’t hold up at closing. A metes and bounds survey … Continue reading →
You plan to tear out an old retaining wall and build a new one. The old wall has held that slope for 40 years, so it must sit on the line, right? Not so fast. Property line markers show where … Continue reading →
Two owners agree to trade a strip of land. It sounds simple. Then a driveway or a building corner turns up on the wrong side of the new line, and a friendly deal turns into a fight. Boundary surveys stop … Continue reading →