Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Judge Grants Order to Tear Down House Built on Wrong Lot" video.

@angrydachshund Land is unique, her reason for not wanting the swap may seem like BS, but she was completely within her rights not to want a building she didn't ask to be built to be on her property. It doesn't matter why she didn't want that, she is completely within her rights to have the building removed and the property restored.
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@UncleKennysPlace The line of reasoning would be more sound if we were talking about something that's mass produced. A blue car of a given make and model from a certain year is mostly the same as any of the other ones. If there's some difference in condition, that can be adjusted for with money. The memories can potentially be an issue if that was the car you were in when fathering a child, but those considerations are less likely with a car as the car will eventually be replaced by most people. Land though, is fundamentally different, there isn't any other parcel exactly like that one and while I think that her basis for the preference is questionable, she is completely within her rights to demand that things be put back the way that they were to the extent possible.
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I think they had determined that she wouldn't settle for less than the property being returned to the way it was, or at least as close as possible.
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@reh3884 It's the bit about the actual restoration to the condition it was previously that was denied. But, the case will continue for damages, which will probably be rather extensive, trees are not cheap to replace. The area may not be quite as it was originally, but if she gets a certain number of trees, she probably doesn't have to place them exactly where there were trees, which may be a bit of an upside.
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A $50 surveyor's wheel likely would have identified the lot being off as well. They didn't do even the bare minimum of effort to get it right and they deserve far worse than this.
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They could have just measured the distance out using real measuring tools. It would have been like $50 for the tool and a bit of time to actually walk it off. They were just being lazy. What gets me is that even phone GPS could have told them they were on the wrong plot.
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What gets me is that there are surveyor's wheels, the ones I see listed are accurate to more than 99% and they can be had for under $50. Obviously, they aren't anywhere near as accurate as the usual surveying gear, but far more accurate than counting telephone poles that may not necessarily be quite even as they work just as well if they're off buy a foot or two.
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@rik0904 We do. If you're walking around, you'll see these brass metal discs that are embedded in the concrete from time to time to indicate a specific location. When you get into more rural areas, it can be a bit harder, but there are benchmark locations for that as well.
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She could ask, but would probably annoy the judge in doing so. 30-60 days isn't reasonable without having a contractor lined up with time in the schedule.
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@angrydachshund They could have avoided that by just not suing her. Or by putting in even the most basic effort to ensure they were on the right property. It's not like any portion of this building was even on the correct property.
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Probably, but I'm not sure which direction they were coming when they were counting. They may have skipped the first telephone pole and simply miscounted the number they passed.
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