Description

Property boundaries can be contentious. It can be difficult to work out where an actual boundary is, particularly when it may have been agreed on with the shake of a hand.

BRANZ has recently noticed an increased interest in property boundaries, both between neighbours and with adjacent public spaces. Usually the queries are about how to accurately locate a boundary, the legal ramifications of boundaries and what owners can do on their own property.

Interest has spiked in one territorial authority jurisdiction in particular following council plans to change its policy of maintaining council land that is crossed to access private properties.

Scope

This article covers:

• Employing a cadastral surveyor
• Boundary retaining walls
• Determining the legal boundary