Potentially bad Property Survey

[Merc]

Anybody have any experience with a bad survey? What you went through, process dealing with the company and making it right?

All preliminary questions now, waiting to find out if mine is wrong or the neighbors is wrong at this point.

[2014FusionM]

In for this I hope it is in your favor.

My grandpa had a piece of land that he thought he owned more of. well after having it surveyed he gained about 10+/- acres! All because the guy before had a bad surveyor!

[Saddle Tramp]

It was years ago but I put it back on the Title company and realtor that's what they get paid for. They should have caught it if it is wrong or a property next to it has conflicting survey.
I try not to use them now, you can get an Attorney it is cheaper and checking titles and such is not that difficult.

[BrianL]

Should go back to survey company's liability policy if still in business.

[DTala]

When I bought my current house the owner showed me the property lines, my east line joined some land he still owned. I was looking at the survey ribbons after we closed and they didn't make sense to me. I measured off the west line, a well established line, and came up 70 feet short. Also there was no "cut line".

Turns out the surveyor did not actually walk and survey the line, he did it on a computer and then put the ribbons up with a handheld GPS, which can be way off. We got a new surveyor and fixed the line, charged it to the old surveyor. He paid it.

[Merc]

Still haven't heard from them, but I'll keep y'all updated. Was supposed to hear something last Friday.

[BTLowry]

I would think that there was some kind of guarantee by the surveyor as to accuracy of their work.

Can you locate any of the corners?
My place has iron rod about 5/8" or so at corners. When they surveyed the property next door I found some smaller rods well inside my fence line, asked a surveyor I know about it and he said something about using them for clear line of sight rather than hack a line.
Property description in deed may help give you an idea too

[Merc]

Well the latest on this is the title companies are involved. I'm going to hold off on posting any updates in the off chance it goes to court.

Lowry, yes we can locate the corners from my survey company and his, and they overlap and that's the problem. The surveyor does have a guarantee and coverage but so far it's up to the title companies apparently.

[BTLowry]

Good luck

Sounds like a mess if you have 2 sets of stakes

[Dusty Britches]

Yes. When we bought our property the sellers had a survey that according to the bank and a certified land surveyor "... wasn't worth the paper it was printed on..."

We asked a certified, licensed surveyor to digitally survey our land. The bank was very happy. It cost us over $5K, but it was almost 80 acres and he removed the survey that showed the county road through our property - which never existed in the first place.

[Merc]

Well, to drag this back up after 2yrs of the headaches and waiting it's been resolved.

End of story is my survey was correct and all is right on my end. Next time I'm in POC first thing I'm going to be doing is putting up a fence.

If anyone runs into this in the future, contact your title company from when you purchased and make them get their attorneys involved immediately, not the people from the title office.

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[tps7742]

Glad to hear it worked out for you. It’s always good to have a surveyor with a good reputation and from the county in which the property is located.