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Originally Posted by Pachine58
Hi, I am new homeowner in the historic side of villages. I bought a house that was built 4 years ago.
Yesterday the man who owned property next door came over to tell me my survey stakes were wrong and he owned the land. He informed me he pulled them out and removed my flags for my dog fence. Went on to tell me Lake county called him to say when house was built the villages made a mistake on property line and he owned the property..( WTH).
I looked up on county site for info and found nothing. I just paid for a survey 3 months ago which included maps.
What can I do? I’m ****ed he took my stakes and destroyed my flags. Help!
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Perhaps a more neighborly approach would be more helpful than some of the other posts. Go over, tell him you are sorry about this and are working to discover how The Villages could have made a mistake...would he like to participate in this discovery process. Then you make the appointments with the Surveyor to discuss the differences...call Lake County who can probably send someone out. This takes the You vs. Him out of the equation. Otherwise, you'll end up warring for the rest of your (or his) time. It's also possible that you have a neighbor who has some level of dementia emerging, so he really believes that the land is his. De-escalating the tension between the two of you is a win-win while the process plays out.