Land surveying?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

But then again, if they did like the guys who put up a fence next to my duplex, they may not know what they are doing. The actually came onto my property about 3 feet.

That's definitely a problem. I don't want to GIVE this guy any of my property. I'm actually worried that if I get a surveyor, it will set the neighbor off into a murderous rampage, because there's no way to shoot this line without stepping on to his property.

[jericap Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close jericap]

Does anyone know anything about getting your property lines surveyed? ... I really only need one line shot--the back property line--....

Thanks for any advice.

I don't believe you could only have one line surveyed. They need all pins in order to get 1 line

...So figure on somewhere around $1000 to have work done by a good competent surveyor.

******Or ask someone you know who works for a local civil engineering firm - as him or her what surveryors their firm uses. If that person doesn't know, see if the can check with someone else in their company.

Finally, when you have some names check with the state agency that registers land surveyors and inquire about complaints, enforcement actions, or other proceedings involving that firm. To do that, obtain the license number for the person and do the search by license number. You nay be able to do it online.

This price is about right. My daughter was going to have her property surveyed (we live in CT) for the same reason and I believe the price was $11-1200 to have it surveyed.

[aliikai2 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close aliikai2]

Do you have a local Hells Angels or other outlaw biker group

in your area?

If not, how about a Harley Davidson Dealer? They should have a group of civic minded fellows that would be glad to help.

If you do, contact them about building your fence.

All that they will need to do is start measuring, driving in a few stakes, and maybe a string line.

Then just watch how mellow your nasty neighbor becomes.

In other lifetimes I have used these groups to do collections of bad checks, past due accounts with amazing results.


fwiw,

Greg

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

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Then just watch how mellow your nasty neighbor becomes.

If I thought it would work, I would try it. But inevitably I would just get a summons from the town.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

That's definitely a problem. I don't want to GIVE this guy any of my property. I'm actually worried that if I get a surveyor, it will set the neighbor off into a murderous rampage, because there's no way to shoot this line without stepping on to his property.

In most states surveyors have a legal right to enter onto someone else's property without that owners permission if necessary to complete a survey. There are requirements for attempting to give notice to the property owner.

An experienced surveyor will have experience dealing with neighbors such as yours; after all it's not uncommon for them to get calls identical to yours - needing to site a fence because of problem neighbors. It's good to advise the surveyor upfront that there is a difficult neighbor.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

in your area?

If not, how about a Harley Davidson Dealer? They should have a group of civic minded fellows that would be glad to help.

If you do, contact them about building your fence.

All that they will need to do is start measuring, driving in a few stakes, and maybe a string line.

Then just watch how mellow your nasty neighbor becomes.

In other lifetimes I have used these groups to do collections of bad checks, past due accounts with amazing results.


fwiw,

Greg

She should just have Frank contact some of his Sopranos buddies.

[Pat H Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pat H]

Wacky, I could send my brother Vinny, Uncle Sonny & cousins Vinny and Rocco over to your place. They'll make him an offer he can't refuse!

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Wacky, I could send my brother Vinny, Uncle Sonny & cousins Vinny and Rocco over to your place. They'll make him an offer he can't refuse!

That would be great! Seriously, I would like this guy to feel a little threatened. The thing is, normal neighbors would be HAPPY to have me pay for a fence on their property. This guy, though, clearly just prefers to be a bully.

[arlene22 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close arlene22]

When we had our NJ surveys done, most of the expense came from placing the stakes. Each one cost about $200. Are you sure you don't already have stakes in the yard? A previous owner may have had them put in. Take a look in the corners. They are usually set in concrete so they will last a long time. Is the survey requirement a local ordinance? Because we are not required to have a survey to put up a fence here.

Most people around here don't put the fence on their property line-- what's customary is to put it 18 inches-3 feet inside your property line, so that you can maintain it while staying on your property. The problem with this, though, is that if you put up a fence and "meet" a neighbor's fence, you may actually be putting your fence on the neighbor's property and preventing them from accessing the other side of their fence.

With his property being so much higher than yours, are you allowed to put up a high enough fence to block his view??? Would tall shrubs be a better option?

[davhu1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close davhu1]

You may be interested in this article:.

Getting a property survey - May. 23, 2006

In our area, they drive a metal pipe in the corners of the property after the survey is done, and the fence is normally installed about a foot inside the property line. The survey is normally order by the lender or they settlement company. Check with them, they may have recommendation for you as who to use.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

There is a pin in our front sidewalk. It appeared last year; I don't know who put it in or had a survey done, since none of our nearby neighbors have sold their properties. But at least that's one pin.

Arlene, I think the ordinance in our area is that the fences have to be six inches inside the property line. In our case (assuming our current survey is correct) that makes it down onto our yard. Eighteen inches in from the line would be a lot for our town because everyone has a very tiny yard.

Yes, we've thought of tall shrubs, and our landscaper is very into them. My DH was adamant about a fence rather than shrubs until he found out that a survey would cost in the area of $1,000, and when I pointed out that it might push Mr. Crazy Guy completely over the edge.

In addition to the privacy issue, we have a small dog and we'd like a fenced-in yard so the dog could hang out. But that's why they make those metal dog runs, right?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Davhu, that article is pretty horrifying!

Randall Myers, president elect of the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors, whose territory includes parts of four states in and around western Pennsylvania, can top that one. "We have some real Hatfield-McCoy type feuds," he says. "In Fayette County, two brothers lived side-by-side for years before one had a daughter who wanted to go to college. He applied for a loan and the bank required a survey, which found his pins (metal-rod boundary markers) were six inches over on the other brother's lot. They argued and one brother shot and killed the other over it."

I don't want to go nuts over Mr. Crazy Guy, but he's pretty scary. Why does there always have to be one bozo?

[M. Henley Class President Find all posts View Profile Close M. Henley]

Reminds...

We had a country lawyer, long since dead, who also did surveying. I have been told that when he came out to do a survey he would ask, "Where do you want the corner?"
'Course, this be Kentucky.

[kbletzer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kbletzer]

Wow! Here in VB people put fences up right along the line! But we do have a neighbor behind us who sued their side neighbor becuase the fence was over the line by...get this one inch. They won the suit and the neighbor had to move the fence and pay for all costs including the lawsuit YIKES! Also, here the fence companies do all the work ie; pulling the plot plans and surveys...but look what can happen if it's not done right!'

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Wow! Here in VB people put fences up right along the line! But we do have a neighbor behind us who sued their side neighbor becuase the fence was over the line by...get this one inch. They won the suit and the neighbor had to move the fence and pay for all costs including the lawsuit YIKES! Also, here the fence companies do all the work ie; pulling the plot plans and surveys...but look what can happen if it's not done right!'

That could easily happen here. Very, very easily. But that must have been a problem neighbor, too, because most people would have been able to avoid going to court, don't you think?