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Easement and Boundary surveys

Before buying a home or a parcel of land, it’s vital to be aware of any possible easements on the land that could influence its value and/or how you may utilize it. The experts at Zenith Land Survey have plenty of skills in conducting easement surveys with sure shot accuracy and at reasonable  property survey costs .  Easement fundamentals An easement basically grants an entity the legal right to enter or use a piece of land devoid of having any ownership stake in the ground.  A residential land survey  can also include this process. Perhaps the most ordinary use of easements is for utility groups or companies, whose infrastructure usually includes pipes and wires that run beneath the properties, and oil/gas companies who make use of pipelines to transfer their products. In many cases, private orders from individual also request for easements.  It’s important to know of easements on your property because these can have consequences on the overal...

Is it important to hire a registered land surveyor?

We all know the importance of doing a land survey before buying a property or constructing one. It is because of these surveys that people live in a peaceful and civilized manner without any legal problems. But there are times when we get crushed between a real and a fake boundary survey person. We get scammed many times and this dupe costs us a fortune. Hence, it is important to verify a legitimate and registered surveyor. Problems that might occur without verifying- Neighbour/community wars This would sound quite filmy, but it is true. There are fake surveyors, who make you believe, or con you in a flawless way that it may stay hidden for years or even till your death until the next generation comes to a trap by the legal and registered surveyor. Legal battle When you find out that the surveyors were fake and you are trapped legally, aside from property survey cost there will be huge rounds of court hearings unless you do a settlement outside. People find it...

Reasons to do property boundary survey

A land survey may seem unnecessary and tedious; there are many cases in which you should have your land surveyed, to save misunderstanding or legal troubles later. A registered land surveyor will research available papers concerning the land, including titles and earlier surveys. The person will also need to physically measure the property, inspecting these dimensions against the previous records to find any inconsistencies. Here are some important reasons to think about when surveying a piece of land. If the most recent survey is old Utilizing an outdated survey to determine boundaries puts you at a disadvantage. Newer measuring tools, like using GPS, mean that newer surveys will be the more precise. Some regions, especially rural land, have not been surveyed back from the nineteenth century, meaning that in many cases neighbours may be accidentally encroached on each other’s land. Before buying a Land You should always do a commercial or residential land survey...

Residential land survey- Misconceptions and myths debunked

Land surveying is an intricate and complicated business, and for the same reason, there are quite a few misconceptions about what it is and why people need it. If you are thinking of whether to have a land survey done on your property or property you plan to purchase, in all probability, you have fallen prey to one or more of these myths, which have the potential to turn you wrong. There are boundary surveys and many other kinds that survey companies carry out. Rare neighbor property encroachment This phenomenon is very common than you think. Land surveyors face such kind of issues very often. Don’t be adamantly sure that you aren’t intruding onto a property that legally belongs to your neighbor, or that they aren’t theoretically doing the same with your property. When in doubt, employ a land surveyor to mark the correct and accurate property line. Building fence without survey Even when you are sure you’re building it only on your land, it’s always a wise decision...