Getting by surveys
A “getting by” house, might be a mobile home.
A “getting by” mobile home, might be a tent.
A “getting by” girlfriend, might be a fat girl, with a Camaro. (I know somebody like this)
A “getting by” survey, is one with a number of mistakes, all waiting to be discovered, and fixed.
I recently came across one, about 15 yrs old. It was about 14 acres. It had lines running through a barn. It was used in a mortgage. The client wanted a re-finance. So, they wanted it reduced to 5 acres, and modified. Once the mtg is satisfied, in the re-fi process, it all “goes away”. That 14 ac survey “got them by” for 15 yrs. Errors and all.
I’m involved in another. It’s 10 ac. It was done recently, by a Mr “low research” surveyor. He’s left a 20′ gap on the east, and overlapped the deed on the west side, by several feet. The client wants me to divide it into 3 parcels. Now it “hits the fan”. “Getting by” surveys have value, in that the enable the surveyor to “get by”. And the client to “get by”, but there is always a “day of discovery”. It can be a source of liability.
It seems that all surveys have value. Some are just to make trouble. Some are just worth their paper.
But, what you do every day, is your expression of professionalism.
Now, are you raising the bar? Or lowering it? Are you an asset to the profession, or a liability?
Questions we all must ask.
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