Common Land Surveying Questions

With a land survey you can:

• Give your buyer confidence in the purchase
• Allow your buyer to register the transaction at the County Clerk’s Office
• Enable your buyer to make mortgage arrangements
• Verify to your buyer the size and extent of the property
• Avoid costly disputes from inadequate or inaccurate property descriptions. 

With a land survey you can:

• Give your buyer confidence in the purchase
• Allow your buyer to register the transaction at the County Clerk’s Office
• Enable your buyer to make mortgage arrangements
• Verify to your buyer the size and extent of the property
• Avoid costly disputes from inadequate or inaccurate property descriptions. 

You should always get a land survey when buying a property so you can:

• Know exactly what you are purchasing, which only a map from a licensed land surveyor can tell you.
• Define your property through the required research of a proper land survey.
• Understand the full rights of your property, including if people are entitled to partial use of your property through easements for utilities or right-of-way.
• Reveal if fences, trees, buildings, gardens, embankments, driveways, walkways, swimming pools, or house additions are present on the property.
• Know whether your deed describes your property accurately.
• Receive protection in your purchase by revealing any encroachments or irregularities that may have resulted in a dispute.

Never build on your property before getting a professional land survey. The land survey will:

• Help you protect your investment by ensuring your build only on your own property.
• Prevent legal disputes and avoid incurring additional construction costs from a mislocated fence, driveway, or carport.
• Determine your property boundaries and replace missing stakes if necessary.
• Allow you to meet setback requirements and other restrictions enforced by the municipality in your zoning laws so that you avoid infringements.

Always get a land survey prior to subdividing because:

• The surveyor will check and ensure the extent of title.
• A professional surveyor can nose any planning restrictions, easements, and other legalities.
• It allows you to engage other consultants to carry out preliminary studies like engineering, planning, and environmental issues to submit with draft plan.

Before refinancing or obtaining a mortgage, you should get a land survey because:

• Mortgage companies typically require a survey before lending money to protect their investment.
• To satisfy the mortgage company, you must provide an up-to-date survey with lot size, building, setbacks, pool, and fence locations meeting local zoning laws.
• You must make sure that the land and buildings on which they are lending are described in the documents which accompany the transaction.