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Long story short me and the G/F moved into new construction at the end of last year. The goal was to get moved, settled in, and start the process of getting a pool in the early spring. Our backyard is not large at all but is plenty for what we want to do. Before and during the closing of the house we were both very careful in reviewing the survey for utility easements or other obsticles that would limit our backyard size. The pool with decking would almost take up the whole yard from the back porch to the fence as it is so we were specifically looking at that area. the survey shows a utility easement on both sides of the house but NOT in the back where we would share a back fence with our neighbor.
Fast forward, we shop it out and have selected a builder and start that process. They call the 811 (call before you dig) people and they wind up marking almost down the center of the back yard all the way across where a power line is buried. We go to the city and request info and the builder had an easement added back there because the line to power the light pole in the corner of our yard is tied to our transformer that is in the back corner of the back yard. They dug the most direct path to the pole to bury the line which is right down the middle all the way across. This fucks the whole pool plan unless I pay to move it and deal with removing or modifying the easement.
There is no mention of this on our survey that was provided as a document during closing. The line was there before the build started as when you pull the address on google maps you can clearly see where they dug to bury the line when the lot was still empty. Can I do anything about it besides bitch and whine?
Fast forward, we shop it out and have selected a builder and start that process. They call the 811 (call before you dig) people and they wind up marking almost down the center of the back yard all the way across where a power line is buried. We go to the city and request info and the builder had an easement added back there because the line to power the light pole in the corner of our yard is tied to our transformer that is in the back corner of the back yard. They dug the most direct path to the pole to bury the line which is right down the middle all the way across. This fucks the whole pool plan unless I pay to move it and deal with removing or modifying the easement.
There is no mention of this on our survey that was provided as a document during closing. The line was there before the build started as when you pull the address on google maps you can clearly see where they dug to bury the line when the lot was still empty. Can I do anything about it besides bitch and whine?
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