29/11/2020
WHEN SHOULD I CONSULT A LAND SURVEYOR?
You should consider consulting a land surveyor before you buy land, before you sell land, before you do estate planning, before you build a house, build a road, drill a well, erect a fence, landscape, and before you develop a resource.
YOU MAY NOT OWN WHAT YOU THINK YOU OWN.
Many elements of boundaries can complicate a survey. Vague, incomplete and contradictory legal descriptions, passed on through years, distort and confuse the intentions of the original owners of the property. Monuments, lost by careless handling, contribute to location uncertainties and to the surveyors difficulties in re-establishing property lines. Previous subdivisions, done on paper without proper field measurements and monumentation, can lead to overlapping claims or gaps in ownership. These factors are quite often encountered and can have a significant impact on the cost of the survey and on the location of your land. In come cases, the surveyor will uncover boundary problems which may require legal action to resolve.
Source: Utilizing the Services of Land Surveyor