Home. No work for tomorrow.  

Of course, likely meaning work another entire weekend.

No worries, we are taking the 23-25 off and that is - an entire weekend. If I want one off, I have to ask for it in advance.  I don't really ask for much time off, this shouldn't be an issue unless others have already asked for it. 

The interim dispatcher for the normal one - who is on vacation - is also the really cool one that used to deal us out the runs before she got promoted to manager.  So, she said no problem, but let me check tomorrow when I'm at work the schedule?

Ohhhh, I didn't even realize how late it was.  

Moving on.  Interesting but perplexing.  Uhh, ok.  Here's the situation. This property?  I measured 197 feet from the driveway on the east side to the edge of the property on the west at the front.

But I was looking at the surveyor's notes, it says the width of the entire front portion is 233.5 feet wide.

HOW? 

So I pulled up the county tax assessor's appraisal site again, found the property and answered the question.  The property line is going through a good portion of what the next door neighbor is calling their front lawn.  It is also literally right up against a garage they have built there.  From all appearances, it's actually encroaching on "my" property probably a foot or so.  

Would I make them tear down their garage? No.  But I'm looking at all this space on the east side of the driveway at the front that if I just let it go, I can't use.  

On the left,  you can see how much space is to the right of the driveway.  It's literally right up against that garage.  Those maps are accurate on that site and hence the confusion of where this "extra" property is at, property I could use.  In fact, the whole front portion to the right could be used as a fenced in doggy park.  Or a kiddy playground.  Or, perhaps, install the septic system there.  I added the dark lines (not perfect just did it quick to show the line more clearly)  I'm not sure how they could build like that without checking property lines first and understand what belongs to who?  

 I looked up every property showing up behind that front one. It's all owned by the same person, there is no reason that person should have put that garage right on the very line of his property.  Further, he doesn't live there. He lives in a ritzy house in a pricey neighborhood south of Fort Worth. I know this because I looked it up lol. I dunno if he rents that place out or what.  The rest of the property I have no idea why he owns it since he's done nothing with it. Not that that's any of my business, but perhaps at some future point he'd be interested in selling some of it.  

In my view, now that I think of it,  that entire driveway could be moved over to the edge of the property and free up some space.  I'm pretty sure the neighbors wouldn't like that, but property lines are property lines.  Now before you jump down my throat, even in the Bible property lines are pretty important stuff, if you look it up in the Old Testament.  I really could use the land for something. 

Okay, so let's say I leave this dude alone, but I want that area circled in black. They aren't using that property tho they apparently mow it or brush hog it.  Either way, that could be septic system or doggy park there.  Doggy park doesn't need to be huge.  Why? Because of the following picture. 

The useable rear of the property minus the well and easement junk.  Still a lot of property back there, around 14 acres I'm guessing. The blue line approximates where that stream is, running right through the center of it coming from the right near the top.  The center is a perfect place to build a medium sized pond.  The rest of it I can build walking trails and possibly even put in primitive or not so primitive cabins.  Walking trails are easy, the headache with cabins would be trying to figure out how to build a driveway back in there.  The satellite view doesn't show the steep down grade near the edges of the well pad.  I could see building a drive way vehicles can go in there with, I can't see how I could incorporate it with RV trailers. Perhaps I don't need to, just advertise these cabins as non RV units that only cars/pickups can get to. Regardless, that is where I want to put in a network of walking trails. If I want to do something else with some of it at a later date, walking trails can be easily altered.  

Okay, that easement all the way down the left side could be used as a road to get back there - possibly. But to be honest? I haven't actually found a way back in there on foot yet. It is so incredibly thick with underbrush and those evil thorn vines and thorn bushes, it's just impossible - so far anyway.  I haven't given up, I might even go out tomorrow and try again. I can go all the way to the back of the property on the right side of that pic, but finding a way across?  Just haven't been able to do it. But I might attempt to find a way yet once again going to the right, all the way back and see what I can do.  I really need to see if I could access the rear of the property with that easement.  There is nothing saying I can't put a road on that easement, they just restrict you from putting any structures or even a fence on it.  

Well it's getting late and I want to get a good night's sleep. That dilemma at the front with the neighbor using that property, I'll just have to think about it. Possibly contact the owner and get their thoughts on it.  I don't want to start neighbor wars just like I didn't want to start a war with the gas well operator.  At least try an amiable agreement.  Although I'm really thinking that pic with the property in the rear of that house would be a perfect place for a septic system.  Out of the way and off to the side.  

Look, I intended on using every inch of usable space in the front. My concession could be to go 35 foot wide lots instead of 40, 65 long pull throughs instead of 70 and somewhere around 40 foot for the rest of the lots.  I'd really like around 70 lots in the end of this setup.