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can I sue the title company to reimburse me for land???

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yjgab

Junior Member
:eek: Maryland
If our builder did not clearly go over property boundaries and our title company did not even give us all the paperwork on our property purchased, do we have a case to be reimbursed for land we don't want to own? :confused:

we just moved into our new house 6 months ago, along with 3 neighbors. we were informally shown that our property boundaries included 4 corners, where pins and stakes were placed. we were all told that the driveway was basically our property boundaries. we recently investigated our property boundaries and discovered that the driveway was not AT ALL layed where the location survey indicates (confirmed by survey engineer). the driveway does not run on property lines whatsoever. Furthermore, we own more than 4 corners (much more land than we were informed at walk throughs and at settlement), that we would never have agreed to buy if we knew we were paying for this. Finally because other neighbors were also confused about their property boundaries, they have now placed sheds, pools, swingsets, patios, etc. on our land that we pay taxes for. do we have recourse with the builder or the title company (the builder's rep DID admit that the title company did NOT give us all the property info we should have)? since we don't want this land, could we get our money back by the builder, title company, etc.? thanks in advance.
 


HomeGuru

Senior Member
yjgab said:
:eek: Maryland
If our builder did not clearly go over property boundaries and our title company did not even give us all the paperwork on our property purchased, do we have a case to be reimbursed for land we don't want to own? :confused:

we just moved into our new house 6 months ago, along with 3 neighbors. we were informally shown that our property boundaries included 4 corners, where pins and stakes were placed. we were all told that the driveway was basically our property boundaries. we recently investigated our property boundaries and discovered that the driveway was not AT ALL layed where the location survey indicates (confirmed by survey engineer). the driveway does not run on property lines whatsoever. Furthermore, we own more than 4 corners (much more land than we were informed at walk throughs and at settlement), that we would never have agreed to buy if we knew we were paying for this. Finally because other neighbors were also confused about their property boundaries, they have now placed sheds, pools, swingsets, patios, etc. on our land that we pay taxes for. do we have recourse with the builder or the title company (the builder's rep DID admit that the title company did NOT give us all the property info we should have)? since we don't want this land, could we get our money back by the builder, title company, etc.? thanks in advance.

**A: the title company is not liable since you did not get a survey. The title company would be liable if your bought an ALTA survey and title policy.
 

yjgab

Junior Member
reimbursement for land

We are first time home buyers. We just thought that if the builder got the survey done and showed us the survey then that was sufficient. We thought the property boundaries were clear, as described by the foreman (although he obviously was WRONG about our property). BUT, we recently discovered that AT SETTLEMENT we were not given all the property boundary paperwork (just a rough draft plat survey); no details. We were not even given the complete Deed. We just didn't know. We thought title insurance and the use of a title company was to protect us and make sure we understand what we are buying... not screw us over. So, we thought the survey done by the builder, and their explanation of the survey was sufficient. Since it WASN'T, can't we hold someone responsible?

Or... how do we approach our neighbors about buying the land they are on?
 

HomeGuru

Senior Member
yjgab said:
We are first time home buyers. We just thought that if the builder got the survey done and showed us the survey then that was sufficient. We thought the property boundaries were clear, as described by the foreman (although he obviously was WRONG about our property). BUT, we recently discovered that AT SETTLEMENT we were not given all the property boundary paperwork (just a rough draft plat survey); no details. We were not even given the complete Deed. We just didn't know. We thought title insurance and the use of a title company was to protect us and make sure we understand what we are buying... not screw us over. So, we thought the survey done by the builder, and their explanation of the survey was sufficient. Since it WASN'T, can't we hold someone responsible?

Or... how do we approach our neighbors about buying the land they are on?

**A: take all your paperwork to a RE attorney for review.
 

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