ericm979
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- Joined
- Nov 25, 2016
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- Location
- Santa Cruz Mountains CA, Southern OR
- Tractor
- Branson 3725H Deere 5105
Thanks Dodge Man and others for posting their wisdom.
One small thing I can add from experience is to not pay the surveyor until you have the report in your hands. When buying our current place our real estate agent set up an escrow fund to pay the surveyor once the survey was done and we got the report. Only there was a mis communication and the escrow was released before we got the report. They did the work- we saw them out there- but once they got paid they stopped. We called a bunch of times and asked for the report. They were always going to send it soon and never did. Eventually we gave up.
So make sure you really don't pay until you get the report.
Good thing is that we and all the neighbors agree where the boundaries are and the markers even line up with the old fence lines. The guy in the neighborhood who sued everyone never bothered us. Of course that could change with a new neighbor.
One small thing I can add from experience is to not pay the surveyor until you have the report in your hands. When buying our current place our real estate agent set up an escrow fund to pay the surveyor once the survey was done and we got the report. Only there was a mis communication and the escrow was released before we got the report. They did the work- we saw them out there- but once they got paid they stopped. We called a bunch of times and asked for the report. They were always going to send it soon and never did. Eventually we gave up.
So make sure you really don't pay until you get the report.
Good thing is that we and all the neighbors agree where the boundaries are and the markers even line up with the old fence lines. The guy in the neighborhood who sued everyone never bothered us. Of course that could change with a new neighbor.