At Shilts Land Surveying we work with property owners of private or commercial land to help identify property boundaries.  A boundary survey describes, monuments, and locates the boundary lines of one or more parcels of land.  The basis of a boundary survey is a legal description of record – most often the current deed of record.  A map called a “Plat of Survey” is created to show all client requested information that was developed and mapped by the boundary survey.  Types of land issues that may require a boundary survey include:

 

Boundary Identification

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• Buying or selling a property

• Property line disputes

• Accurate determination of parcel acreage or water frontage

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Maps showing compliance with local government regulations

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• Building setback lines for new home construction or home additions

• New fence or landscape construction

• Locating and sizing outbuildings

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Maps showing land encumbrances or encroachments

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• Location of existing easements of record

• Location of existing fences in relation to boundary line

• Location of existing utilities or other improvements

• Location of other forms of trespass evidence (field cultivation, lawn mowing, tree stand location, etc.)