Grace was given the Lambi property that we have been designing as long as they paid for the survey, which showed 7 acres, was obviously done in an office without a sight visit, and bore no resemblance to anything on the ground. As we performed a site survey based upon the marker description (painted tree, painted bush, old concrete column, and another painted tree), we found the site contained 4 acres. Having the government surveyor come out (for possibly the first time) to discuss the discrepancy, our project surveyor NEGOTIATED the land until we ended up with 6 acres:
Grant (our Surveyor): "With these markers, we only have 4 acres"
Gov't Surveyor: "Oh, well, how about you extend that line from here to there."
Grant: "That gets us about 5 acres"
Grant: "That gets us about 5 acres"
Gov't Surveyor: "Hmmm, maybe you ignore this fence line and take that portion over there. That should get you your 7 acres"
Neighbor, standing to the side: "NO, that's my property!!!"
Gov't Surveyor: "Good Point, well, how about we just move the line to here. Will that be OK?"
Grant: "It's 6 acres, but we can live with it."
The ministry folks know this property (one of many they are master planning for permanent homes to re-house the 20,000 people on the front lawn) as the "7-acre tract". Tonight, in our presentation of the site design of the tract, we clarified: "The 7-acre tract has 6 acres".
They are still calling it the '7-acre tract'.