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HomeOwners & Investors·/u/HeyThereDelly·about 1 month ago
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Had an offer accepted on a house, but there is an odd situation with the lot lines. If you click the lot on Zillow, it shows the same outline as the county tax website (9 acres). The listing, however, is for 3 acres, and there are metal poles in the ground staking the corners of that 3 acres. The house was built less than 10 years ago, with some newer accessory structures. We asked for the survey, assuming there should be a fairly recent one on file. After going to the township, all the listing agent was able to provide was a very plain (just lines on a paper saying a tree was in one corner, as well as some dimensions) survey from 2001. We were told there used to be a farmhouse on the lot, and when a building company tore it down to build this house, they sold the other 6 acres to a neighbor. I'm starting to wonder if this is factual, so we put it in our offer that we need a survey to move forward with closing.…

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