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Over the past few years, those companies that plant the 4×4x8 signposts in yards for real estate signs have had quite a bustling business. But even that little cottage industry isn’t immune to a little regulation.
Apparently, they are now required by law to call utility companies and have them locate all services before the post can be dug and set. Ostensibly, a few too many sprinkler lines and cable TV services got nicked over the past few years by aggressive posthole diggers.
Their advice? Plant a flag where the signpost will likely go, so that the utility companies won’t locate and mark EVERY utility path in your yard with day-glo orange, like what happened to the poor sap below:
Puts a damper on curb appeal, doesn’t it?
Picture and advisory courtesy of Classic Real Estate Services.
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