Tampa, FL asked in Real Estate Law for Florida

Q: I just found out 4 years after closing on a house that the survery was never done. What can I do about it?

I am ready to put a fence around my house but found on my own digging online that there is an easment. I was not told this at closing nor did I ever recieve my survery. Turns out, the survery company never did the survey and yet I was charged for it at closing. What can I do about this?

Edit: The reason I didn't notice 4 years later is because it fell off my radar. At the time, the easment/survey was the last thing on my mind.

The title company reached out and they are going to have the survey company re-do the survey at no additional cost to me. I am not aware of having a real estate attorny be the "norm" when closing on a house.

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Terrence H Thorgaard
Terrence H Thorgaard
Answered
  • Freeeport, FL
  • Licensed in Florida

A: The purpose of a closing is to make sure that everything is in order. If you had an attorney represent you at the closing, the attorney would be the one to be called to task; otherwise whoever handled the closing for you. The long and the short of it is that you should have reviewed the documents at the time, not four years later.

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