How a Plat of Survey Can Prevent Permit Surprises Before a Home Addition

Surveyor reviewing a plat of survey beside a total station at a grassy site

A plat of survey shows where your home and other features sit on your land. Most homeowners start a home addition by picking the size and the spot they want. The open yard can look bigger than the space you can really build on. A plat of survey gives you, your designer, your contractor and […]

Land Survey Cost Before Splitting Family Property

A licensed land surveyor reviews a property map and boundary markers before splitting inherited family property into separate parcels

Splitting up a family farm or a piece of land that’s been passed down for two or three generations sounds simple on paper. Draw a line, give each sibling their share, done. In practice, it rarely works that way. The land itself hasn’t changed, but the story behind it has: old deeds, forgotten fence lines, […]

Property Survey Companies for Old Farm Boundary Records

Surveyor reviewing a historic farm deed and plat map to verify rural farm boundary lines

Type “property survey companies near me” into your phone with an old farm deed sitting on the kitchen table, and you’ll notice something strange right away. The deed reads like a short story, not a set of coordinates. A creek bend here. A big oak there, probably dead for fifty years now. A corner marked […]