Don't Cross That Line!

I recently had a property dispute with a new neighbor who claimed her survey (which was 10 years old and from the previous owner) said that I was encroaching on her property by two-and-one-half feet!

I had never had a property survey - it just wasn't needed when I purchased my house 45 years ago. But to be sure of what was right, I paid for a surveyor to do the job. It turned out that the property line was correct and I was protected. It seems that old-fashioned gentleman's agreements of the past are long gone.