Our Stories: Real Estate Problems and Solutions

PROBLEM:
To save money, my clients thought they would use the existing survey for the property they were purchasing. Unfortunately, not only would the title company not insure against claims arising from boundary disputes or easements, the existing survey showed an easement was located right under the center of the home.

SOLUTION:
I worked with our closing department and the title company to verify all easements of record. We called upon a trusted surveyor and ordered a boundary survey to locate all property improvements and easements of record.  A new survey revealed the easement in question was located across the back of the property and not where the previous survey had located the easement.  With the new survey, the title company was happy to issue the buyer’s title insurance.

Nancy Gulick   I   314.623.1915   I   www.janetmcafee.com/nancygulick