An important part of the preparation before K can build our garage, is to figure out our actual, physical lot space. Sure, we could have it surveyed professionally, but K knew she could do it on her own. (As she would say, "I'm a Hollander!" and they like free stuff, so she says.)
Armed with the map of our lot from the county's website, and strong skills on Google Sketch-Up, K did hours of computing and measuring, trying to determine where our lot markers would be. Once she knew where our neighbor had a lot marker, she was able to finish her calculations and had a pretty good idea of where all 4 of our lot markers would be.
And she was right.
Yesterday, I helped her measure from the neighbor's lot marker to where ours should be. And it was there! Hiding just under the dirt, next to the retaining wall. The previous owner had bought an adjacent lot from the railroad in 2000, and maybe he also put up the tall fence, so the lot was surveyed in 2000. Meaning our markers are new, legible, and actually not too difficult to find (once you know where to look, that is.)
Within the next 24 hours, K found the other 3 markers in our yard, and had strung neon-colored string between each of them. We could really see the dimensions of what we own, and it goes back quite a ways behind our house.
Our yard is big.
That means... Big garage. And space for a garden, a patio on the back of the house... Totally possible.
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