My question involves real estate located in the State of: Michigan
Hello forum, reader for a while just no reason to get involved....yet. I have come to a crossroads with a neighbor of mine, keep in mind all is civil and friendly thus far. I own a house and property in a subdivision association (condo association).
I recently had my property surveyed by a local company who is very much recommended and has been around for 30+years. Cut to the chase, he staked my corners and a few points down the side lines. Reason being for all of this is I am having a fence installed (not the problem) of course it falls within respect to code of the bylaws of our association. Well turns out, my property line goes very close to my neighbors house 4 of 5 feet, and actually runs through her driveway towards the end of it. After I had it surveyed she said that there is no way it's correct. I went to city planning and they said it was in fact 100% correct and they pulled up aerial shots of the subdivision with lot lines superimposed on it. Clearly my property lines run exactly where the surveyor marked as well as said they were.
My neighbor recently went to the city planners to find out for herself what was going on and they told her that my deed represented exactly what I had surveyed and what hers would show if she had hers surveyed. She also found out the builder of her property built her house on her property according to MY LOT LINES and MY LOT NUMBER. I think this is a result of her putting a down payment on my lot initially and digging for a full basement only to find some water deep below the ground. So she got her deposit back and ended up buying the next lot down (where her current house is situated). So what happened I think is that they still used my lot plans to build her home but only on the lot next door (smaller lot). This is what she told me happened.
So anyways she is talking to me (nice lady) about "digging deeper" into the issue and this and that. Adverse time limits in Michigan is 15 years and is not an issue. Our homes were built early 2000's. Every lot parcel is straight lines and easy to navigate. She is expecting that somehow she is going to be able to gain a few extra feet of property frontage because her builders were in error. My fence is going up this week in accordance to city laws as well as my association by laws.
Today she told me she will be getting that extra 5 or 6 feet of property back and I may have to move my fence in the future. I told her fine, I did all I could (survey, city hall, original association maps) all showing I OWN exactly what the surveyor mapped out. Does anybody think that through some loop hole she could take my property that I have been paying taxes on for the past 8 years? Someone please confirm with me that her issue may be with her builder and has nothing to do with my property or my lines? Ask questions I will answer them to help someone fully understand the issue. New to this forum not online forums, thank you in advance for all your opinions if any
"Stanley"

