My question involves real estate located in the State of: SC
We purchased a lot and built a house about 10 years ago. The lot had a large drainage ditch running down the side of it as well as a sewage line running beside the ditch. The ditch has since been tiled and covered, but it is still there. We had the lot surveyed before we built the house, and the survey showed us owning the land that the ditch and sewage line were on. When building the house and storage building, the city inspector was only concerned with making sure we left enough room for them to access the ditch and sewage line with a backhoe if necessary. We just assumed the city had a right of way of some kind, and I think he did too. He okayed everything we did. After living in the house a while, we were told by one of our neighbors that he thought the town owned the land that the ditch and sewage line were on. That didn't really bother us at the time, but we are now getting ready to build a new home, and we will probably be trying to sell our current home in about a year. I am concerned that if the town does own that land, it will make our lot look a good bit smaller, and I am not sure part of our storage building would not be on city land. This will not help when trying to sell. If a mistake was made on the survey, and the town owns that land, what can I do to try to rectify the situation? I know the surveyor that did the work personally, and I am not really interested in calling him on the mistake if one was made. I think it has probably been too long for that anyway. I had thought about offering to buy the strip of land from the town, and having some kind of agreement written up giving them a right of way to work on the sewage and drainage. Would this be a feasible solution? What would be involved in something like that? Any other ideas? Thanks for the help.

