PSA: A job in Bellingham showed me why you always check the property pins

I was installing a fence line last month for a client who swore his backyard was 50 feet deep. He had an old survey from 1998. I spent half a day setting posts based on his marked line. The neighbor came out and calmly pointed to the actual iron pin, buried under some leaves, a full 4 feet inside my line. We had to pull six posts. Now I won't start a boundary job without physically finding at least two pins myself, no matter what paperwork the homeowner has. Anyone else learned this the hard way with property lines?

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simon_lopez354d ago

My cousin built a shed that's technically in his neighbor's yard now.

simon_lopez354d ago

Sounds like a classic property line mixup. My uncle once built a fence that took a chunk of the city's land, and let's just say the city was not amused. That shed is gonna be a fun conversation starter for the next neighborhood barbecue. Bet the cousin is hoping the neighbor is really into free storage space.