As a licensed land surveyor myself registered in 5 states, these are all great points. I’d add that once you get your survey done, be sure to get it filed with your local county. This survey plat will become public record and your neighbors or anyone else will know exactly where your corners are. Surveyors are not required by law to record them in most states, so be sure to ask the surveyor or do it yourself for future peace of mind.
Thanks so much, Chris. We just moved to Pennsylvania and bought a nice house in a Cul De Sac. Our loan guy told us if we plan on putting a fence in that it would be wise to put one up before we move in so the neighbors didnt think of it odd if we did it a year after we moved in. Also, the former owners shared some property with a couple neighbors and we have no interest in doing that. So, a fence it will be. While we only plan on living in PA for about 5 years, we want to get this stuff done so when we make this place a rental, there wont be any problems with neighbors
yep, i've been here 40 years, fences never been an issue. new homeowner renovated house next door and announced gonna put up a new fence. i said not til we know where lines are. i paid for both yards survey. turns out the fences i thot were on my side are actually on both their yards. his side by a foot, other side by feet. i could have claimed theirs on my side but i dont want what isn't mine. not necessary, but i am working on correcting my fence. he can now put up his fence which i' m not sharing cost, but i am sharing cost of multiple trees removed on that his fence since that will greatly benefit me. i am very happy to finally know where the lines are. sux to be this old moving a damd fence!!!
We live on a corner lot and had our lot surveyed. It completely shuts down neighbors and city workers trying to claim parts of my lot. It was money well spent.
We moved into a new house last year and the morning we took possession, we noticed the neighbors had put a fence up the night before and I thought it might be on our side of the line. I went out with my metal detector and found what I thought was a pin and told my wife we needed a survey. After the survey I found out I was right and the neighbors put their brand new fence more than 5 feet into our yard. A few moths later those neighbors decided to take a section of our wood fence down that was on the edge of the property and got into a arguement with my wife about it. When I got home from work we went and bought fencing and fenced in our property and fenced in their fence and they called the cops. Problem they're having is that we've had it surveyed and the neighbors think our survey company got the lines wrong. I even heard the neighbor guy talking about them being "grandfathered" in on whatever line he wants I guess? How often do survey companies get a survey wrong? What are the chances my neighbor isnt a crazy alcoholic jackass?
Where I live, there is no county to record surveys, well there is but, i would not pay the 500 to record the plan unless necessary. Client calls me for a survey, i tell then it is bes t to pay the 1500 or so I charge so that you do not pay for the fence twice. Once to install, the second to move to right spot. I have a crappy lot I surveyed, control is tight checking good, but EVERY fence in the neighborhood is off by 4 feet, find out that the road was built 4 feet LONGER than all plans of record, and deeds say. Road from city line - record plans and all deeds add up to 676 feet to the next street intersection. The road actually is 680 feet. All fences were installed holding the street intersection and measuring down the frontages of the deeds. But great tips in that video.
For some reason surveys are no longer required when buying a home! I think this is a big mistake! I had to go back and have one done within a year of purchase! I am very glad i did it! It put some disagreements to rest! But now I had a neighbor put up a fence and assumed after I place markers on my sprinkler system, they thought that i was marking property line!
The cost of a survey depends on a lot of factors. I hope they at least explained to you exactly why it would cost that much. They should tell you what research needs to be done, what monuments need to be found or set and why. There's not just field work involved. They need to process data and draft a plats. Surveys are not one size fits all.
Karl, it depends on where you are. Surveyors offer a professional service and charge a professional price. Also we take on the liability if we make a mistake. Another consideration is the associated costs that my be incurred such as filing a plat or a report with the county, some municipalities may charge thousands to do this and the surveyor passes this cost along to you.
cost me a fortune because the surveyors screwed up, both of them. i had 2 different companies. cost me over 100k in legal fees and lost part of my land. they refused to court to say their surveys were correct. i should have sued them. even my insurance would not do anything, not the home insurance but the insurance you get when you buy your home and land. i have had major problems with i live, people not paying attention to easements. the sheriff refused to do anything.
@@SandyWeinstein you mean "your" lawyers. Well clearly the court found you otherwise. If you have two surveyors, went to court and still lose, you are most likely not entitled to neighbors land.
I’m building a house in a tract and the survey had two lines: MBL and LOD (which is the largest). Are those both my property, and which one could have a fence built on it? Thanks!
Just had our fence replaced and noticed they went over the property line 2.5" on my side ( split 1/2 tje cost with neighbors) what should we do in that case?? thanks!
Ce que cette personne dit est complettement faux en ce qui concerne la précision ,le piquetage que va faire l'arpenteur est son opignon et peut dfférer d'un autre arpenteur.
Everybody want your money! Every information about your home is log into the state and city code. They have all the info, if not someone is not doing their job. Every home and land have geometric line.
sure... but do you know how to accurately mark that on your lawn? you don’t want to find out after building an expensive fence that you didn’t do your math right from the existing survey marks, which could very well be in the street in front of your house, or further.
