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If you are considering building anywhere, GET A LICENSED SURVEYOR TO MARK THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. I've heard recently of several cases where houses were built in the wrong place and either had to be moved, or (in one case) dismantled and reassembled just because the tried to go cheap and not have it done. When compared to the costs you could incur if you do it wrong, surveyors are CHEAP.
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I have a better story for you John, the pinfinders staked the wrong lot and the Buyers actually got a permit and built a house on it! They eventually had to purchase the lot they built on for a grossly inflated price!
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John S. Rabi, ABR,CM,CRB,FHS,PB,RB
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I got the same story for one of my clients in HPP - went to apply for permit - bldg dept says completed house on that lot - owner (who is standing on lot at time of call) says "No &*$%ing way - i am here and there is not a house." House was on lot next door. After some lot swapping paperwork etc (6 months worth).... finally got a bldg permit.
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Say the neighbor built a house on my lot? At what point do i lose the right to protest the house being built on my land?
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Don't worry, you losing your property that way probably would never happen. If the property is registered in Land Court than nobody can take it away from you. Nobody can claim title by adverse possession to parcels larger than five acres either. No claim can be made against a minor or mentally disabled. If the property is registered in the Regular System then it's 20 years but there are other requirements for the adverse possession. It has to be actual, open and notorious, exclusive, continuous and under claim of right. Adverse possession will not grant title, they still have to go through the legal system to "quiet the title."
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John S. Rabi, ABR,CM,CRB,FHS,PB,RB
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Edited by - John S. Rabi on 12/11/2006 09:42:28
