Cream rises to the top ........ (So does scum !)
There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey.
John Ruskin
They should proofread their plat before posting it as an example of their work:
In the lower left hand corner of the plat "Palm Bech County, Florida" niiiiiice.
I couldn't find a scale on that sample plat either.
Yep... nope...
nice catch.
I sure hope they don't come to my counties. Looks like another mortgage mill / fly by night outfit. We have already dealt with several of them in our area; tends to be frustrating when they work in places like Mount Dora and start setting corners out of the blue.
Run them out of business by giving a low ball quote and telling the client to call them.
I would be doing that with every job I was not interested in.
Not the only MTS violation on that map. Just the most apparent. They can get away with stating the scale, without having a graphic scale on a boundary in FL. Now if it was a sub map, that would require a scale.
How about it FL surveyors, anyone want to play a game of "name that violation?":-D
Steve,
I'm curious how you stumbled onto that firm. Ironically, I just had an encounter with their "field work" in my neighborhood and looked them up as well. They ignored existing monuments above and below grade, set tiny little "rebar" about as thick as a straw from McDonalds, called things out incorrectly on the survey the adjacent land owner showed me, and claimed to have "set" a rebar with no ID.
Seriously, someone talk me down from the ledge of becoming a Realtor!
Andy
I found them by doing a search for surveyors in my area to see how easy it is to find me.
A few days ago I mistakenly stuck my neck out and confessed I hated this type of work and would only do it for friends and family and got wacked pretty good. However, after seeing this website, it only confirms my attitude. There are only two ways to market these types of surveys, either you advertise to be cheap or fast. I have never known any lender, title company or other real estate professional give a rat's behind about quality. However, if I were to enter this market, I would jump in with both feet and have a similar website. There is nothing new here, the internet just allows us all to peek in on the sausage making.
That is one of the problems. Every boundary surveyor knows that they can go out, take the latest legal description, not do research, not look up adjoiner's deeds, not do any of the adequate research and they can find enough to slap some pins in the ground, whether they are 0.1' from another marker or not, and walk away with some cash. To do a boundary survey right, takes twice as much or more work than the realtor or the seller would like to see. The boundary surveyor needs to show problems that the client doesn't necessarily want to see. The licensed professional has a higher duty than some pretty smart guy that knows trigonometry can do as a quick-fix guess.
In my opinion, doing the job right and integrity are much more tested qualities in land surveying than in many other professions.
By the way, are you guys able to zoom in on that plat? I can't read most of the notes. I downloaded it as a jpeg, but when I zoom in, everything is distorted.
Hell Andy, I’ve been in business in Central Florida for 23 years and never heard of these people. They aren’t listed in the phone book. Keep 'em down there, PLEASE! 😉
AMEN!
>Keep 'em down there, PLEASE!
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I had the same issue reading the plat. I just figured that they posted a low quality image, which seems to be normal and the same thing we have to do on this website.
I must be doing something wrong with my plats. I've never even thought of putting an invoice# on them. How could I have not thought of that?
A plat and bill-all in one.
I am amazed that everyone picks stuff on the plat, yet no one has reported them to the State Board. I haven't got a copy of the MTS for Florida here at home (I'm iced in and cannot get to the office today - Mississippi isn't supposed to get ice!!) but I believe that the MTS is pretty much the same as Mississippi and an internet ad site like this would get their ticket pulled in a heart beat here. Such price guarantees are strictly forbidden here.
One of you Florida guys needs to send this web site link to the State Board without delay. You are the only ones out there who can police your profession. If you do not blow the whistle on these bums, do not complain about their methods. Balls in your court.
22516 W Esplanada Circle, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co. FL
Obviously the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
http://southflorida.blockshopper.com/property/00424728220030000/22516_w_esplanada_circle/#photos
Paul in PA
"FEMA LOMA & LOMR-F Letters for removal of Flood Insurance are preformed throughout the entire State of Florida."
Can't write a simple English sentence, either.
22516 W Esplanada Circle, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co. FL
Looks like the hijacked the photo of the guy with the level from this school site.
