On Mar 19, 10:43*am, wrote:
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:25:45 -0500, dpb wrote:
Jules Richardson wrote:
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Doesn't the paperwork for your house state the size of the lot? Ours does
- and even if it didn't, I could presumably poke the county folk and give
them the lot number and they could tell me. Then it's just a case of
using a tape measure...

But does one know where to start measuring from, precisely???

I went to city hall and obtained a copy of the survey plot they had on
file. I was then able to measure from the sides and corners of my
house, which was on the plot print out to verify where my property
line was. The plot showed the distance from corners of the structure
to property lines. It was pretty simple.

I even learned that the driveway had been relocated from where it was
when the survey was done.

This may or may not work. I had a neighbor that said his house was
off in the survey when he measured to marker.
Around here, survey is needed when property changes hands but
surveyers may not even come out and if you want markers they charge
extra as survey is just checking last survey. I've been watching my
property line change back and forth with each owner. I gained about 5
feet last time which for a 300 ft property line is 1,500 sq. ft.