How to Avoid a Property Boundary War

Land surveying is a pretty black-and-white business. At its simplest definition, a land surveyor’s job is to locate the precise line that marks where one property ends and another begins. That line is a legal description of a property, and it dictates how a property owner can proceed with improvements such as installing or upgrading an onsite septic system.So what happens when a line is lost over time? When an owner assumes that a line runs from “that maple tree to that boulder?” What happens when property improvements, such as a building, driveway or septic tank end up several feet