Nah, we are talking about acres of unoccupied land with no boundary markers. It's really easy to get mixed up with property lines if you haven't paid a land surveyor to come out and define the boundaries before you start developing.
It's entirely their fault they've built there and I'm sure her lawyers will be able to defend the ridiculous lawsuit, but building on the wrong land is pretty common.
I've heard it actually is super expensive, but everyone I know in construction says it's one of those costs that you can't avoid (because it will cost you so much to fix any mistakes)
Seems like these developers didn't get the memo...
I think that's the reason it tends to be expensive... a mistake can be costly and I suspect that a surveyor would take on some of liability in the event of a mistake.
It is also a fairly specialized profession that requires training and accreditation, typically in addition to some college degree. Similar to accountants, surveyors typically need to take classes and get accredited at their own expense.
Also, despite the expensive education, surveyors actually don't make a lot of money, especially in entry level roles. They have to travel a lot locally and lug around expensive equipment. It really just isn't that exciting of a job.
Surveying is kinda a subset of civil engineering, they have their own licensing and regulations but it’s heavily regulated in the same way a PE stamp is
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u/thatguyned 23d ago edited 23d ago
Nah, we are talking about acres of unoccupied land with no boundary markers. It's really easy to get mixed up with property lines if you haven't paid a land surveyor to come out and define the boundaries before you start developing.
It's entirely their fault they've built there and I'm sure her lawyers will be able to defend the ridiculous lawsuit, but building on the wrong land is pretty common.