A while ago we shared a story about a REALTOR® who ran into a situation where she was being advised that “the surveying company is just wrong” this was stated by an employee who works in the Assessor’s office. The REALTOR® was also told that the boundary survey they...
Just Because It’s On My Property Doesn’t Make It Mine!
Repurposed from April 2017 If you park your car in my driveway, does that make it my car? If you had a Jaguar, BMW, or Mercedes I’d be only too happy to take them off your hands (assuming they are paid for). But you know as well as I do, that just because it’s on my...
Survey Nightmares: Visible or Not, It Still Exists
If we can’t see it, it clearly doesn’t exist – right? That’s not the case when it comes to easements. Now that it’s standard practice for electric, phone and cable lines to be buried, rarely do we “see” the full picture of where the utility companies are allowed to...
Survey Nightmares: Oh Snap – I Don’t Own That?
Obviously if I’m using something then it belongs to me – right? That’s not quite how it works when it comes to owning property. Regardless of use, you own what your deed says you own. This is an example where a skeet club was clearly using land that they didn’t own,...
Survey Nightmares: No Way In or Out!
Most properties have a plain and simple point of entry and exit. But some properties have no plain and simple point of entry or exit. This can be of concern to the Title and Mortgage Company. Here are 2 examples that demonstrate the concept of ingress/egress, or the...
Survey Nightmares: New Construction That Is Too Big For Its Britches
You would think that with all the decades of experience homebuilders have, and with all the technology that we have at our fingertips that we would be able to know just how big of a house can fit on a lot without “going over”. Apparently, that’s not always the case....
What In The World Is A Lot Split Plat?
A lot split is requested by someone who wants to take an existing lot or lots and create two or more “new” lots, hence “splitting” the lot. What type of property can be split? A residential, commercial or industrial property may be split. This includes property that...
No house on the lot? That’s not what I thought I was purchasing!
To date, Cardinal Surveying & Mapping has performed over 27,500 surveys in the greater St Louis area. Out of all those surveys rarely do we come across something as drastic as what we found last month. Here’s the quick version: A title company contacted us to...
Survey Nightmares: It’s An Obstacle Course Out There
We live in a delusional world. We make false assumptions based off of what we can see. Those assumptions can become obstacles in our futures. However, there’s hope, at least when it comes to knowing what property you do and do not own. Having a boundary survey...
Survey Nightmares: How Is There An Easement Through The Middle Of My House?
From the street – this looks like your typical house on a cul-de-sac lot. But upon further investigation we find that such is not the case at all, and that there is actually an EASEMENT RUNNING THOUGHT THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE!!! How in the world does this happen? Here...