Posted by Flo | Posted in Divers | Posted on 31-08-2010
Size Lined
How much does it generally cost to have a lot survey of property lines? Example size 32' x 60'?
If you needed to have your property lines marked in a townhome community and needed a surveyor to do it does it cost thousands of dollars? Five hundred or less? A couple hundred? The lot size example is 32' x 62'
It really depends a lot upon what kind of survey you require. If you own your property, you should have a copy of a survey already. It sounds as if you may live in a multifamily building that has separate ownerships for each unit. Your paper copy of this survey can help you to find your property lines on the ground. There should be dimensions shown from the building to the property lines. You can use these measurements to find your property corners. They are usually iron pins with plastic identification caps on them. It sounds to me like you may want to save some money, but without knowing why you need to know where your property lines are, I really couldn't give you much more advice. If a surveyor tells you that it would cost more than $500, I would look for another surveyor. Residential surveys usually range from between $350 and $600. Anyone who says that they can do it cheaper than that would probably be using cheap, inexperienced help and I would bet that they do "high volume" business. Your previous survey from the original sale would be your best bet. Those markers usually last a long time and are your legal corners as long as the identification caps show the surveyor's license number. You can email me if you want at deanryandavis@yahoo.com
and tell me more about why you think you need a survey. You may not need one at all. By the way, the size of a lot has very little to do with the price of a survey. There are many factors involved like the age of the subdivision, the distance from your house to the surveyor's office and many other things. A surveyor that does surveys for a flat fee cannot be doing each one exactly right. Sometimes surveyor's fees are controlled by the title companies who select them. They have forced a lot of surveyors to become so competitive that they are doing them so cheap that they can't possibly be doing a good job. I know I must be rambling a bit. Email me more information and I can advise you further.
