08-11-2007, 05:59 AM
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...with a licensed, bonded surveyor when you're buying an existing house or planning to start construction.
There's a house I have listed for sale; brand-new, beautiful place. Too bad its on the wrong lot.
YES YES YES! This is happening much more than any realizes and yes still Hotcatz! Unbelievable. I had a client very recently that as I submitted the permit application and the bulldozer was on site - the bldg dept said "no there is already a house there"! I got the bulldozer guy on the phone and he said no house/never ripped/ paperwork is on wrong lot. Sure enough when the original owners who had 2 side by side lots, built house on the "other" lot not the right TMK #. So by now, both lots sold, and luckily enough the owners just swapped lots straight across. No one ever noticed the incorrect lot # - Bldg inspectors, helco, and no survey.
Didnt cost too much money but definately a ton of paperwork and time!
Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management
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