$7000 because you said "encroachment".
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4 months, 4 million dollars.....you're really going to like it when you see it. ??ÿ ??ÿ
Only need an estimate $ for boundary survey and 3 reinforced concrete monuments set .
This site is not really used to give out estimates, in fact I believe most of the Surveyors that post on this site, do not come here to look for jobs. You will be better off, calling the local Surveyors in your area. I am sure you have some great Surveyors in your area, that may not even come to this site.?ÿ
Here is a quote: "If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly then why did it fall off?" Here is another more relevant "If you you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it." - J.P. Morgan.
Seriously, when people ask for this type of information they really have no clue. I wish I didn't have to waste so much time with them. It's like asking how much does a car cost if it weighs 3000 pounds... or, my wife is 5'3" tall and she needs new shoes. How much do you expect I will need to pay?ÿ for them. She only needs two shoes. Does that help?
So 7000 .
It's not an encroachment until the judge says it's an encroachment, which implies having gone to court, which implies about $60K for legal fees (yours and theirs) after both sides get a survey ($7K times two) ... Until then it is a discrepancy between the title and the occupation. If a good surveyor shows up and sees that occupation has ripened into unwritten rights, they may forgo setting any new monuments until there is agreement between the adjoiners and lot lines adjusted to match the as-yet unwritten ripened title that matches occupation. It's a $74K tar baby or learn to love thy neighbor. That's the worst case. Best case would be to hire a licensed local surveyor who has worked in the area, and get them to explain their opinion.?ÿ
Truly, you're not going to get any sort of reliable quote here. There's some research that needs to be done before a surveyor can estimate what the cost might be. That can only be done by a surveyor who's in the area.?ÿ
I have people that call and want prices.
Require them to get a copy of the last deed, survey or whatever they can to me for me to find the property.
Do not get in the truck and drive anywhere to meet someone unless I know that I am getting paid, because it will be at least and hour turnaround trip, time to see what they have to show and I want to begin with the knowledge of deeds, adjoing deeds, DOT maps and info and whatever a research will reveal before I step foot on the property.
I will not begin to count or search until I receive some form of written, emailed or hand delivered request for me to survey their land because before I quote them a firm number as I will have spent a few hundred dollars of time to see what I have to work with from public records, seen it either on google earth, maps or driveby.
....this survey is because of an encroachment onto family farmland....?ÿ
I find that the words "family farmland"?ÿ really enhance the word "encroachment".?ÿ There are likely to be a lot of emotions tied up in "family farmland". Survey services come at one rate, family mediation another.
But, seriously, just running your lines out and mapping the situation is one task, fairly routine and predictable. Resolving the encroachment issue is something that some, not all, surveyors can help you with, and at a much lower rate than a lawyer. But still more, a lot more, than the mapping.?ÿ I'd give you a fixed fee price on the mapping but the encroachment resolution is going to be by the hour.?ÿ?ÿ
Any number I could give you from here in Oregon would be meaningless in New Hampshire.?ÿ Really any number from the next county over is going to be shaky. A lot of it has to do with my knowledge of the surveyor who did the plat, and of the surveyors who preceded him in the area.?ÿ
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I'd like to further state the "resolving the encroachment issue" might very well mean finding that the adjoining landowner has legal title to the area in question, and that if you want it back you are going to have to buy it at their price.?ÿ
I talked with the 3wk old new home owners?ÿ today, and told them the shed is in the field .?ÿ
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The lingo is so different across the country.?ÿ Here in?ÿCO we have a product called an ILC (Improvement Location Certificate).?ÿ It is essentially a pseudo survey
I don't know how you certify to the last few things without?ÿactually retracing the boundary but I don't think many people who do them?ÿtake it to that level.?ÿ?ÿPeople around here that specialize in them look to bang out 7-10 of them per day and charge somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 per.?ÿ
Cameron- This was one thing that I was thinking exactly, if you search the interent you find this sort of thing talked about.?ÿ A mortgage survey is a shorter or simplified survey where the building is located in relation to the property, but the property lines are not surveyed.?ÿ Leaves you scratching you head doesnt it??ÿ LOL?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿSooooooo let me get this straight, you find the property lines but at the same time you dont find the property lines.?ÿ Hows that work?
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I either want jobs that are interesting challenge or a result in a dump truck load of money (but preferably both); residential surveys don't cut it in either category.?ÿ
James = Now THAT was a great statement right there?ÿ ??ÿ
