Rant: My client swore his backyard was a perfect rectangle

He kept saying it was exactly 30 by 40 feet, but when I laid out the string lines, one corner was off by almost two feet. I had to redo the whole paver layout from scratch. Has anyone else had a property measurement just be completely wrong like that?

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taylor9295mo ago

@xena_anderson right? Probably measured it from the deck with his eyes half squinted. I once told a client their yard was 50x60 and it ended up being 48x58, guess my eyes need calibrating before I let them measure anything lol.

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xena_anderson7mo ago

Ever think they just eyeballed it from their deck and called it good? Like, did they even own a tape measure?

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mila_mitchell7mo ago

Hey, they probably had a good eye for that stuff back then!

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