With subdivisions, there are as-built surveys required at different stages for different reasons. If the jurisdiction doesn't require it, is the clie...

Maybe there's another deed - a correct one - for the adjoining property. I often find incorrect references in the assessor's database. You have to tra...

The Building Departments in Mass. always want a survey plan showing offset distances to the lot lines for zoning compliance - even for decks. It has n...

@holy-cow Everything was fine until Cow showed up... Yup, spent five minutes longer on site than he should have for a simple, cheap, do-it-blind...

I have no problem finding the the easement. That part is described fairly accurately. There is a section however, that is 12 feet wide, and shows on a...

The short answer to your question is "no". The slightly longer answer is "yes, but no surveyor with ethics would stamp or sign the plan". What you a...

Chances are high that you will need a new survey. When people call my office asking about projects that old, I have to tell them that the surveyors wh...

How is one to determine what the certain rights are that are given, and to whom the certain rights are given? Certainly not the person that wrote this...

I hope the developer got title insurance.

Go with the KISS principle: Keep It Simple Stupid

Sorry, forgot to answer the other questions here. Yes, this lot is about 15 acres and about 300' wide on one end and 200' wide on the other end, it's ...

Northings, eastings, and heights are not coordinates, they are ordinates. When ordinates are paired they become COordinates... Trivia note... For som...

My best advice to you is not to attempt this yourself using a compass. A 1987 survey would not even be based on magnetic bearings unless antique equi...

Ben's 100 will be your best friend May-October if your land is out in the woods. Avon Skin-So-Soft won't do much against the mosquitoes and black flie...

@not-my-real-name I remember using that calibration line in the highway median west of Boston several times. Was it Hwy 9? I cannot recall but it wa...

@olemanriver Our Land Court used to require that at least one line be measured with a tape and the EDMI. They have relented and now ask that the EDM...