I prepare them all the time, i label it proposed structure, with lat, long & elev.

Plumb Bill, post: 347820, member: 226 wrote: I've always used the old square top-type Schonstedt pin finders, but have been thinking about getting a p...

BajaOR, post: 347022, member: 9139 wrote: I took him to mean "feeling around" not with hands but with with a designated "stinky rod", used only for th...

foggyidea, post: 346870, member: 155 wrote: I think that they just need to be shown how one time. Add a shovel to the tools and you should be all se...

fattiretom, post: 346897, member: 6039 wrote: We have never pulled them off...only circle lids. Why pull them off when you can easily slip a tape meas...

Va requires 67% licensed ownership.

My wife works with me in the office. She works abot 24 hrs a week handling the admin responsibilities. Sometimes it is trying but all in all I woul...

Also if the top of the proposed structure is higher than the existing structure then you would want to list that height as well.

All the 1A's I've done on existing structures which is many are lat, long, ground elevation, and highest point. Say they are installing an antenna ar...

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JPH, post: 334652, member: 6636 wrote: Really? Why would they care enough to make it a standard - something which all of us in the profession know me...

I marked property lines for an elderly lady who was recently widowed, i priced the job based on the current tax records which showed the property at a...

Virginia standards are clockwise.

In my years of surveying in Va, I have been bitten by hundreds of ticks. On one particular job we set a stake at the baseline point. The next day up...

And I thought I had some difficulty being a colonial surveyor. I'll take a bounded by survey any day.

I thought most of the plats looked good. I am not a big fan of color, and upside down text on bearings & distances bothers me a bit. On one of t...

I agree with Andy, let them prove me wrong. Being from VA most of the older deeds are bounded by. For instance I just did a survey for a gentleman w...

I no longer take jobs from Real Estate Agents unless paid upfront. Been burned too many times. Last time I was told the fee would be taken out of cl...

Typically charge base fixed fee depending on lot size and requirements for up to 6 corners and around 10 bucks a corner for additional corners.