fencelines, surveys and neighbors. Advice??
youngdeb
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Comments (26)Toxcrusader, my exact sentiments, are you Canadian? Might have some Acadian in you. Aiden, I sure am glad I don't live in California. I don't agree that not talking to them is the thing to do. Ask them not to walk on the grass, including the Mailman. Kids are inconsiderate, I was a kid and I was as well until the nice man next door asked me to try and keep the noise down when my pals and I tuned our extremely loud dual exhaust hot rods when his wife, his elderly Mom and he were trying to listen to the BBC in the evening. No problem, we were kids, all he had to do is ask. The world revolved around us, we were 18, remember 18? Mom and Dad had a car each, both brothers had their beaters, I had a car, truck and bike. Our driveway was empty sometimes so the neighbourhood kids and us could play basketball. I worked shifts at 16, so did Dad and Mom as well, can you imagine moving all those vehicles at midnight after whomever was on 3 to 11 got home and someone had to be up at 5 AM and the rotation started all over again? So we parked on the street most of the time as the drive only held 3 cars anyway. My Mom told us not to until she was blue in the face. Thinking about it I cringe as to how the neighbours may have felt but as an adult understood the reason why some people park on the street and the driveway may have a space in it. We didn't rent, it wasn't a slum but it was a working class neighbourhood with kids, lots of kids. And many shift workers, maybe that's why no one complained about the parking, they understood what a pain to have 5 people in the home working 3 different shifts, 2 come, 2 leave, 1 is missing. Ask them nicely to not walk on the grass. By the way where is the precious grass that you remove to put up these bushes etc. going to end up? You are going to throw it out. It's more of an invasion of your property than damaging the grass. It's only grass. Only my opinion. This post was edited by SouthernCanuck on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 5:57...See MoreSome Advice Regarding Surveys - My 2 Cents
Comments (18)How did the county know the property was split, wouldn't they require a copy of the plat showing the now two pieces of property? The county doesn't look at the plat. It uses the legal description in the deed. Without a deed or a court order, the property doesn't transfer. Surveys aren't always done, and when done, aren't always recorded. Locals rules may vary on this, of course. Someone wrote a legal description of the property to be split off. If it wasn't taken from a survey, the description may be faulty. You can have a faulty legal description corrected, but it is an extra step, and someone may contest it. BTW, if there is no current survey, the title insurance you receive will not cover boundary disputes....See Morequestion about land survey
Comments (10)If i understand correctly, an established fenceline & markers of 10 years or more takes presidence over any survey ? In the case of an established fenceline of 40 years by the present owners ( and not changed from the prior owner of some years ) ; it would then constitute Tresspass if an adjoining landowner decided to move or destroy that fenceline/markers ?? We have this situation and caught them in the act because they wanted to run a more convenient road in to property that sits behind ours. A permanent, below surface Metal marker was also dug up and called a " MISTAKE " on their part. Just be aware that people will pull anything rather than be up front and come to you to discuss the situation. Does this law apply in all states ?? We have run into the situation mentioned where each ( rural ) landowner gets his own surveyor , they start surveying from various property markers & points and then of course end up with different surveys since none were done from a common point such as a long standing State Survey. Then these people think they have , usually more land than they actually do and it turns into a big mess. And don't count on your County to keep the records straight because we have been thru that too, had to get a RE Atty to straighten it out, even tho we had been trying to tell them for at least 10 years our Legals were wrong. It took legal action to get anywhere. Needless to say , if we are able to sell in this market, we will be moving out of this state....See Moreadvice plzzz on how to keep neighbors plants growing under fence
Comments (8)Sorry, maybe I'm missing it, but why are you determined to make more work for yourself, for no good reason? I have been an avid gardener for years. As I see it, these may be your best bets: 1. Shelve the attitude about your neighbor and go pay a visit. Their yard may not make the cover of House and Garden, but that doesn't mean they don't care about it just as much as you care about your space. People express their creativity in different ways and are dealing with who knows what these days; I'm sure you do stuff that others would mock, too. Ask about the plants. Maybe they would be willing to move them. It's better than just killing something that isn't yours because you don't like it. And honestly, if you sprayed Round-Up and killed something of mine (especially if it had sentimental value), our nice neighborly relations would definitely be strained, to say the least. There's no reason to cultivate strife, so just go over and be nice. There's a chance they didn't even know their plants were encroaching. 2. As someone else suggested (another gardener, probably) plant the visitors so you can cut down on weeding that area. You know, what you consider a weed (agapanthus) is a plant that I've seen cultivated (and coveted) in various spaces around Monet's garden at Giverny and a plant that people like me pay about $9 each for in catalogs. One person's weed is another person's treasure. It's all in how we view things. Irises are pretty, as are the "weeds" (which are probably mushy because they can't dry out, with being close to the dirt and bending under the fence). So why not create a garden out of them along the fenceline? You can get a few companion plants you like on the cheap, too. I bet it would be beautiful once you've finished. Here is a link that might be useful: Agapanthus from a nursery catalog...See Moreyoungdeb
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