Lease size discrepancy

[Colter]

What would you call an acceptable amount that a lease could be off +/- on acreage? A lease I'm on, our contract states one amount but when I pulled the appraisal district map, the land is smaller than what is actually stated in the contract. I guess this is covered in the lease +/- or approx. verbiage?

[flywise]

better not be much, 25-50 ac
anyone who owns land knows exactly how much I'm sure

[DFWPI]

Well

What would you call an acceptable amount that a lease could be off +/- on acreage? A lease I'm on, our contract states one amount but when I pulled the appraisal district map, the land is smaller than what is actually stated in the contract. I guess this is covered in the lease +/- or approx. verbiage?

I guess you can always address it with the landowner. Maybe you will still be on the lease afterwards, or you may want to look for another one.

[Amazing Grace]

better not be much, 25-50 ac
anyone who owns land knows exactly how much I'm sure

I would have to agree with that. If someone is leasing land and is putting it in a contract they know how much land it is.

[flywise]

I could see an land owner using +/- if he plans on possibly closing off an area to hunting for his cattle or for family use. But I would expect that to be worked out before money changed hands

[dustoffer]

5% on a 5000-ac lease is 250 ac but on a 100 ac lease it's 5 ac--just saying it depends on the size of the lease as to the real effect aside from maybe the landowner stretching things a bit.

If you are paying by the acre, I'd have to ask to have the price adjusted accordingly--

[Corn Sack]

It could be that they are only leasng you a portion of their property, that's pretty common. Lots of land owners out there that own thousands of acres and just lease out a certain portion of it

[BrandonA]

It would depend on the size of the property. 25-50 acres isn't much if it is several thousand acres but it is significant if it is a couple hundred acres.

[HoustonHunter]

If you aren't used to reading appraisal district maps or researching properties on an appraisal district then it could be deceiving. Just looking up the address may not be the entire property if it's split up--I see this a lot at the bank.

[BolilloLoco]

I would be concerned with any discrepancy and would ask about it for sure. Unless I was the guy that was gaining land.

[JHarrell89]

Fishy

[careybirdwell]

The lease I was on last year in Mason was contracted at 1000 plus acres, after doing a little research I found out it was 705 acres

[Atfulldraw]

The lease I was on last year in Mason was contracted at 1000 plus acres, after doing a little research I found out it was 705 acres

this is not all that uncommon....unfortunately

[Truckman]

If you aren't used to reading appraisal district maps or researching properties on an appraisal district then it could be deceiving. Just looking up the address may not be the entire property if it's split up--I see this a lot at the bank.

This

[Colter]

Thanks for the info. The CAD maps are pretty straight forward and by my calculations we are about 20% short of what is listed in the lease.

Kind of a slippery slope how to address it. Not really wanting to **** off landowner or lease representative/agent and get kicked off.