Property Line Dilemma
Hello, hoping for some guidance from this community. I bought a property two years ago in Arizona that has a wash running along one side. There are a couple areas that are eroding badly, and I intended to have the wash graded to even it all out and then apply riprap along the sides to mitigate this erosion. Based on the parcel map, it appeared the whole wash fell within my property line, but my neighbor just had a survey done which revealed that the property line actually cuts through this wash and comes up the end of one slope (which is eroding) on my side.
This completely throws a wrench into my plans to mitigate the erosion/beautify the area, since it’s impossible to only fix PART of the wash. And unfortunately the neighbor is kind of a jerk and doesn’t seem willing to address the issue at all. Her reason for getting the survey done was because she suspected I was encroaching on her property with my new landscaping (I WASN’T..whew…but good thing I didn’t start shelling out money to fix the wash yet, because THAT would have been encroaching.)
I would like to have someone local to come out and examine the wash/educate me on what should be done to properly address the erosion, but it’s not clear to me what type of professional/organization could assist with this? Is it civil engineering? A landscaping company that deals with erosion? City Development services? And, would this person be able to advise on how to fix the problems JUST on the side of the wash that’s mine, based on the goofy property lines?
I appreciate any guidance you guys have, as I don’t know where to start with getting this evaluated. I feel like I need a Geologist-Engineer-Attorney-Excavator, lol. Does that exist? 😂 Thx!!