How To Locate Your Property Lines — And Why They're Important
Whether you already own a home or are simply shopping for one, it's likely that you have a vague idea of the property's boundaries. There may be a fence, the edge of a planter bed or lawn, a driveway, or maybe even an outbuilding that indicates where one homeowner's property ends and another's begins. For most purposes, that general sense is enough — after all, most of us have no reason to question a fence's placement or whether a tree is in our yard or our neighbor's. However, there are a number of circumstances in which locating your property lines is a crucial necessity. Understanding how to locate your property lines, and when and why those lines are important, may be one of the simplest, but most critical tasks, any homeowner faces.
