Arrrrrggggg

[Janet]

Wow, Tink that would be an awful situation to deal with everyday. When you bought your place there should have been a survey then. Not sure what you've already done, but go to your county surveyor office and they will have the boundaries there. If they have not been done in a long time, then you will most likely have to have it done again. Under the circumstances, I would get it done as soon as possible. These people sound like they could be very dangerous. A situation like this needs an immediate remedy. I wish you the best, of course. Let us know what you decide to do...but for your own safety, please get the survey done asap.

[Marilyn]

I agree with Janet. There should have been a survey when you bought the property, and they should have left some metal pegs marking the boundary.

Maybe your neighbors will get caught doing something that will send them to jail and out of your hair!!

[Tink]

Thanks ladies!
The reason there wasn't a survey done when we bought is that we bought on a land contract, so the title doesn't officially change hands until we're done paying for the property which will be in 3.5 yrs or less.

We did go to the county zoning office and were told the issue that caused the boundary disputes in this area has now been corrected, so whe we get a survey it will be indisputable. My parents old house was affected by this same issue and is just down the road from ours. When Mom sold it and there was a survey done, the lot shifted about 30 feet north of where they had always believed it to be.

IF ours goes 30 feet in the same direction we will be moving even closer to those wacky people. I'm sure that would go over big!

Marilyn, I know it's not nice, but I told hubby the same thing as you said... hopefully they'll end up in jail soon again so we will have some peace. Hubby and wife are both on probation, so it's possible. They're not allowed to own or possess firearms for one thing, and they already told us they plan to go deer hunting, so that's a violation. They're also not allowed to drink, and carry in cases of beer frequently, and both drive without a valid license. Now they've been driving an unlicensed snowmoblie ON the road which is also illegal. We have snowmoblie tracks on 2 sides of our lot from them. So I think it's just a matter of time.

My husband drives semi, so his truck is parked between their house and ours in our driveway. I'm half hoping they will decide to mess with that, as it would be a federal offense if they do any damage or tamper with it. They'd end up with the State and federal marshalls and homeland security involved then.

A survey will cost us about $2,000, so we need some time to save that up. I'm afraid if we don't put up a stout fence at the same time that they'll just be bugging us even after that's done.

[Janet]

I don't understand why it will cost so much. Our county surveyor only charged around $400. I would check out all avenues to have a survey done right away.

[Taurus Babe]

Gosh that sounds terrible. I would be calling social services EVERY time I saw, or heck, thought I saw those kids unsupervised, etc. The more legal things that are against them, maybe the easier it will be to get rid of them.

[DianaB]

I realize that you're not quite ready to put up a fence, but I would have it surveyed before I put one up just to make sure that I had it in the right place. Do you have a lawyer that you could call and ask a few questions? He might be able to help you with some answers. He'll probably recommend a survey. Good luck!!

[Tink]

Thanks all!

I was a realtor for 4 years, so have quite a few friends and acquaintances who are in the business still. They all suggest we just get a survey and be done with it.

We've sent our legal description to a couple of surveyors to get estimates from them on how much it will cost to get it done. The determining factor will be how far our lot is from an established major marker since that's what they use for a starting point. We had a survey done on a different property in 1985 and that one cost us over $2,000! It was $65 an hr back then and most likely has gone up since then.

We need to get a survey and then put up a nice stout tall fence.

Hubby talked with a local county police officer about the situation and was told they'd not put much past our neighbor... especially if he's drinking or on drugs. So we're to call them if we have any problems and they'll come out as needed.

Janet, I hope you're right! If the survey is under $500 I'll order it right now!