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Getting My Property Measured

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  • Sailor_Sam
    Sailor_Sam Posts: 278 Forumite
    If you only moved in last year, could you perhaps get in touch with your solicitor, that did the conveyance. Dont they do searches, they should have checked the boundaries, i would imagine they are responsible for any mistakes.
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  • nelly_2
    nelly_2 Posts: 17,863 Forumite
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    Id stay as you are roots are a pain

    Which reminds me I need to re do mine they looking a bit ginger :)
  • jason_s_2
    jason_s_2 Posts: 395 Forumite
    And grey:rotfl:
  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,092 Forumite
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    You meed to employ a Chartered Surveyor, one who specialises in Land Surveying. They do this kind of stuff all day long. They will charge a fee, but it will be worth it.
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  • paintpot
    paintpot Posts: 764 Forumite
    I tried that when I had a boundary issue with a house I was buying, the surveyor went out in the pouring rain as it was holding up proceedings and their measurements bore no resemblance to the deeds but then it might have worked for others. Personally, if everyone else's fence is the same and yours is the odd one out, and you want the land that might be yours back and can be bothered with the tree roots I would move your fence. That's my personal opinion.

    phill99 wrote: »
    You meed to employ a Chartered Surveyor, one who specialises in Land Surveying. They do this kind of stuff all day long. They will charge a fee, but it will be worth it.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    Sailor_Sam wrote: »
    If you only moved in last year, could you perhaps get in touch with your solicitor, that did the conveyance. Dont they do searches, they should have checked the boundaries, i would imagine they are responsible for any mistakes.

    Solicitors alwyas ask you to check the boundaries agains that marked on the title plan that they give you. It's impossible for a solicitor in their office to know whether the actual boundary lines match the apparant boundary markers. They're not going to walk the boundaries themselves.

    Buyer's responsibilty to check, then the solicitor will query.
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  • Kelkiwi
    Kelkiwi Posts: 43 Forumite
    nelly wrote: »
    Id stay as you are roots are a pain

    Which reminds me I need to re do mine they looking a bit ginger :)


    Thanks Nelly for your advice you can check it out when I get you round for a plastering quote.:rotfl:
    If you have a problem fix it, if you can't fix it don't worry because it will happen anyway! :D
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