Looking for some advice on validating site boundaries.
We are currently in the process of buying a site (Dublin area). Land is within the Land Registry, and the area now has digital mapping. We have not yet received the official digital map (folio?) that will be required for Land Registry, but have a concern that it will not exactly match the existing boundaries (fences).
Basically we measured ourselves (walking using measuring tape!) to verify the (hand-drawn) map in the sales brochure etc, and found that there's about 1 metre in the difference. I.e. on one side of the site the legal boundary may be approx 1 metre short of the physical fencing.
So the next steps are
(a) to get the "official" map and check it vs the situation on the ground. Who do we get to do this? A surveyor/ engineer?
(b) What to do if our suspicions are confirmed? Clearly we go back to the vendors and say we want our extra metre.... The fence in place has been there a long long time, so they probably do own it by "adverse posession". Is this difficult to prove? How long might it take to get the boundary map amended?
In other words, will it be a complete nightmare if the boundaries are wrong, or can it be relatively easily fixed?
any advice welcome - thanks in advance.
We are currently in the process of buying a site (Dublin area). Land is within the Land Registry, and the area now has digital mapping. We have not yet received the official digital map (folio?) that will be required for Land Registry, but have a concern that it will not exactly match the existing boundaries (fences).
Basically we measured ourselves (walking using measuring tape!) to verify the (hand-drawn) map in the sales brochure etc, and found that there's about 1 metre in the difference. I.e. on one side of the site the legal boundary may be approx 1 metre short of the physical fencing.
So the next steps are
(a) to get the "official" map and check it vs the situation on the ground. Who do we get to do this? A surveyor/ engineer?
(b) What to do if our suspicions are confirmed? Clearly we go back to the vendors and say we want our extra metre.... The fence in place has been there a long long time, so they probably do own it by "adverse posession". Is this difficult to prove? How long might it take to get the boundary map amended?
In other words, will it be a complete nightmare if the boundaries are wrong, or can it be relatively easily fixed?
any advice welcome - thanks in advance.