Boundary Surveying: Important Factors That Should Be Known

Posted by Calvada on March 28th, 2016

The boundary survey is one of the types of land surveys that must be conducted before you add anything to your property or renovate it. A boundary survey will tell you your property line's exact location, so you know exactly how to maximize the allowed space in your land while making sure that you stay within municipal and zoning regulations. 

What It Does:

Boundary surveying seeks to identify, find, measure, analyze, and report a piece of land's boundary lines. The survey may reveal encroachments, which may exist on the land, too. This way, it assists property owners in accurately establishing what portion of the land they own.

Why You Need a Boundary Survey: 

Without this survey, you could risk building into your neighbor's property, and this could result in costly fixes and a messy land dispute. In some cases, not knowing where your property line is located can result in a fence that is built far inside the actual line, resulting in neighbors using a particular portion of your land and reducing your property value.

You need to build your fence exactly along the shared property lines to avid boundary disputes, which can be costly to resolve.  Be sure to hire a professional and licensed land surveying company to do this for you, and remember to work with your neighbors and let them know that you are conducting a boundary survey.

How It Is Done:

A boundary survey must be conducted by a professional and licensed civil engineer in accordance with known technical standards. Surveyors determine the reliability of your existing land corners and any replacement of the missing corners. A survey plat will be prepared to reveal the survey's output. Reputable land surveying companies can tailor the boundary surveying methods to match the requirements and size of your project.

Land surveyors will observe the land and perform surveys at county, state, and local agencies or offices to locate wills, maps, plans, deeds, and other crucial documents that may help define the rights and location associated with your land. The survey is not merely a set of land measurements—it is an accurate and detailed mapping and retracing of a land's title and the careful analysis of boundaries' physical evidence. All these are determined according to the state board requirements. Professional land surveying companies use state-of-the-art measuring tools and surveying equipment, including high definition 3D laser scanning technologies. 

About the Author:

Armando Dupont, a professional land surveyor, started his career in surveying in 1977 and has extensive experience in managing personnel and projects. His experience includes: topographic mapping, boundary surveys and analysis, construction and control surveying, preparation of tract and parcel maps, earth work calculation and quantities, targeting and control for photogrammetric, and land title surveys in accordance with the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Mr. DuPont founded Calvada Surveying, Inc. in 1989 and is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in the State of California.

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