Why you need a Land Survey...
A land survey locates, upon the ground, the land that your deed describes. For most people, the purchase of a home or other real property represents the largest single investment of a lifetime. A casual inspection of your property will not be sufficient to determine its boundaries and assure that all buildings, fences and other improvements on your land, as well as that of your neighbors, are properly located.
There are many questions you should ask before you purchase land.
The most important are:
- Exactly where are the physical boundaries of the property that I have contracted to purchase?
- Are the physical improvements (house, garage, fences, etc.) that I was shown, actually on the property?
- The answers to these questions can be reassuring or distressing, but if they are discovered after closing the sale, the results may be a financial disaster.
Why are these questions important?
They are important because the property described in a contract often is not exactly as it was shown or appeared to the purchaser. Sometimes property that has been improved and maintained by a seller actually belongs to a neighbor. The property lines may go through a garden, a garage, or even a house. Occasionally, a contract describes completely different land than was shown to the purchaser.
Who can answer these questions?
Only a Professional Land Surveyor legally licensed and registered to practice land surveying may provide the service necessary to answer these vital questions. A licensed Professional Land Surveyor is an expert at interpreting- descriptions of property and is uniquely qualified to accurately and precisely locate property lines.
A title search will insure that the seller owns the property
that they have contracted to sell.
The services of an attorney will, among other things, assure an understanding of the survey and other documents necessary to the transaction, as well as of the obligations incurred by signing a given document.
