Carl returned the following week to perform a more detailed inspection.
This time, he brought additional equipment and reviewed the older survey documents.
He explained that the original property markers had been established long before either Tyler or I purchased our homes.
Some of the markers were difficult to see because of landscaping and years of soil movement, but their locations could still be verified using the recorded measurements.
He placed fresh markers along the boundary and prepared an updated report.
When he finished, he showed me the measurements.
The fence crossed my property along almost its entire length.
The concrete pad and part of the planned landscaping were also inside my boundary.
“There’s no reasonable doubt about the location,” Carl said.
I photographed every marker.
Rachel received the updated report that afternoon.
She told me it would be important evidence if the dispute required formal legal proceedings.
For the first time, I had more than my memory and years of mowing the lawn.
