Not Just Another Picket Fence

Not Just Another Picket Fence

Imagine you just bought a new house. You look at your fenced in backyard, ready to mow and manicure your new land for years to come. But here’s the problem, you may not own all the land inside the fence or worse, you may own land that is located outside of the fence!...
Survey Nightmares: No Way In or Out!

Survey Nightmares: No Way In or Out!

Most properties have a plain and simple point of entry and exit. But some properties have no plain and simple point of entry or exit. This can be of concern to the Title and Mortgage Company. Here are 2 examples that demonstrate the concept of ingress/egress, or the...
What Is A Lot Consolidation Plat?

What Is A Lot Consolidation Plat?

A lot consolidation is requested by someone who wants to take multiple existing lots and combine them to create fewer “new” lots creating “consolidating” the lots. What type of property can be consolidated? A residential, commercial or industrial property may be...

What is an Easement

As defined by Black’s Law Dictionary an easement is an interest in land owned by another person, consisting in the right to use or control the land, or an area above or below it, for a specific limited purpose (such as to cross it for access to a public road).  May...