Take pictures of these while they are still visible!
I already have.
So you haven’t been able to contact anyone from the homeowners’ association?
I have a question. What’s a plat?
The plat [or portion] you shared with us has SOME of the boundaries dimensioned, but not all - as such, it is not formally considered a ‘metes and bounds’ description of the property you own. Not trying to be hopelessly pedantic [though this IS the Straight Dope, after all] but the legal formality of the description may become relevant if the HOA is not forthcoming or coöperative… https://www.nv5.com/news/what-is-a-metes-and-bounds-property-description/
A parcel of undeveloped land can be subdivided, or ‘platted’, for house lots with streets, etc - the result on the ground is often called a new plat. Most jurisdictions require the recording of a descriptive document of the subdivided land in the local deed office - so one files a map of a plat prepared by a surveyor. “The map is not the territory” but the map of a plat is a plat map… usually just called a plat, and one deduces from context whether someone is referring to the land itself, or the drawing.
Oh. I’ve never heard of that before. I think we just call them subdivisions here. Or plots.
The dirt on the ground and any stakes defining corners is a subdivision or a plot of land.
The paperwork describing all that is a “plat” and is found at the county recorder’s office.
Ideally they match up. Often they don’t. Hence the current controversy.
I was right. Plat seems to be uniquely US, while in New Zealand where I grew up they’re called Sections, and in Australia where I live now they’re parcels, plots, or subdivisions. This applies to both the physical space and the marked out map.
I apologize. I had forgotten you were from Oz. I should have explicitly stated that my terminology and explanation was US-centric.
I explicitly try to not be that clueless “everyone is USAian like me” guy. Sometimes I fail. You, and your countrymen, deserve better.
In the part of America where i live, they are also called parcels, plots, or subdivisions. It’s possible the legal term is plat, i dunno. But I’ve never seen the words before this thread.
Reading the link, the “plat” send to be just a name for the map, not for the land. I think I’ve seen all of “land maps, tax maps, real estate maps, landowner maps, lot and block survey system and land survey maps.”
Well, the man who was in charge at the Management company finally called today and said it was a mistake. The paving company is closed through the new year so it will not be done until next year. But at least someone finally responded.
It sounds like they agree there was an error and it will be remedied soon. Great news!
That’s great.
I tend to be anal/paranoid about such things, but I would probably fire off an email documenting the phone call, and saying you look forward to the mistake being corrected early in the new year. Address the person who called you, and cc: everyone else you contacted.
Document the admission, and on January 2, crank up the heat, lest they forget.
I hope the mistake wasn’t that they forgot to bill you the $5k special assessment for costs associated with 2025’s Parking Rearrangement.
Oh FFS. They admitted fault and said they were going to fix it. There is no call to be a fucking prick at this point. It was a simple mistake on the part of a third party.
And Friday, January 2 might be a little early to bug them, given that’s still part of the holiday break. At least give them until the work week starting on Monday, January 5 to get back to the issue.
Agree. Chill is more effective than pique. Now.
The only big deal here is the problem happened around Thanksgiving, and half the USA is shut down from then until about Jan 10. Lots and lots of people are at work, but remarkably little actual work gets done.