How a Property Land Survey Helps Identify Encroachments Before Renovations
A house can sit in the same spot for forty years, and no one gives much thought to where it stands next to the neighbor’s land. Then a renovation gets planned, and the position of things starts to matter. A property land survey shows where the boundaries run and how close your existing structures sit […]
When a Property Survey Reveals an Unrecorded Easement Before Construction Begins
You hired a surveyor. The survey comes back. And there, running across part of your lot, sits an easement nobody told you about. It isn’t in your building plans. It wasn’t in the file your architect worked from. For anyone planning a build, that finding is worth sorting out before the first shovel goes in […]
Find Property Lines Before Updating an Older Yard
Before you change an older yard, it pays to find property lines first. The side of the house is usually the tightest strip on the whole lot. Small updates there can turn into big problems if the layout is off. Why Narrow Side Yards Create More Questions Than Front or Back Yards Side yards raise […]