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They added that they have arranged for a local surveyor to visit her, and a housing officer to make contact and "ensure we are offering the right support".

The couple got four dogs and started raising livestock, while Sergei, 55, also found work as a land surveyor – his specialism during his time in the Soviet army.

After the passage of a $2-million bond measure by Los Angeles voters in 1925, hundreds of surveyors fanned out across the largely roadless Mojave and Sonoran deserts to take measurements and study potential routes.

After Hauptman hired a surveyor to prove the tank was on his land, the city said its location still violated setback restrictions.

The government said under a fully digitalised home-buying and selling process, "the information key parties need – from mortgage companies to surveyors – will be within reach immediately, with the necessary identity checks carried out once".