Property line/ property surveyer

smpollly · September 2010

We are installing a privacy fence and need to confirm our property line. DH got a quote for someone to come out and it was $400 ?!?!?!?

This is crazy to me because our property line is so obvious. We live in a very urban part of town where everyone has the same exact square yard. I think we need a permit to. Has anyone done this process before?

101709lovey · September 2010

I think the quote you received was prob the cheapest I've ever heard of. My bro has a very pesky neighbor that constantly argues her property line is well into my bro's yard, so they have had to pay for TWO survey's and the cheapest one was $1500. They can def get very expensive. We deal w/ permits at the company I work for and they aren't usually too bad to deal with. If I'm not mistaken, the cost for those depends on what you are having done. GL!

smpollly · September 2010

Wow I am in shock! The project itself was not supposed to cost this much. What does it cost this much? What could they possibly do that entitles them so much damn money.

WoWhead · September 2010

$400 sounds a bit too cheap to me. I use to work for an engineering company and priced something similar for a friend and it was near $2k.

Having a proper survey done is expensive but can save you a ton of headache in the end. Examples: If you put the fence in the wrong place, even by a few inches, and it's encroaching onto your neighbors property, said neighbor can do whatever they like to the fence and there is nothing you can say/do about it. If you put the fence into the existing right of way, the State can remove the fence at any time without advising you and will not compensate you in any way.

I see things in existing rights of way all the time. The property owners are never happy when they lose fences, trees and even business signs and are not compensated because these items are on property that they don't own.

If I were you, I'd put off putting the fence in until I had a proper survey. Also, make sure it's a full survey and not a mortgage location survey. Those are much cheaper but not what you're looking for.

smpollly · September 2010

We actually have a fence in place. We are replacing it with a privacy fence. Does this change anything?

WoWhead · September 2010

Unfortunately, no. If you had placed the existing fence and knew it was done correctly, you would probably be okay but you have no idea if proper procedures were followed in the beginning.

smpollly · September 2010

Interestingly the Hamilton County Auditor Office said that if I am replacing a fence I will be okay without a surver. He said we should just need a permit and a surveyer would not be necessary. He gave me the number for the city, I will see if they agree. Crossing fingers.

WoWhead · September 2010

That's great news!! Good luck!

anotapotamus · September 2010

smpollly:
Wow I am in shock! The project itself was not supposed to cost this much. What does it cost this much? What could they possibly do that entitles them so much damn money.

My H is a land surveyor for a living. What you are asking for is a lot more than pointing to a few spots on the ground and calling it a day. They have to locate the nearest registered survey point, which could be in your yard or could be blocks away. Then they have to begin measuring from that point to your house using very expensive equipment that is accurate to 1/100th of an inch. And then they have to reconcile that against your property description. That's just what I understand of it and I tune out when he gets past that point.

My H earns every bit of his paycheck and is entitled to that much money b/c you can't do it yourself. $400 is a scraping the bottom of the barrel estimate for them to just show up and start looking around.

jerseygirl81 · September 2010

Wow, we need to get this done to stop our neighbor from encroaching on our land, and I had no idea it was that expensive. Guess we need to up the budget a little. Thanks for the explanation, nota, that makes a lot of sense.

jerseygirl81 · September 2010

anotapotamus:

My H is a land surveyor for a living. What you are asking for is a lot more than pointing to a few spots on the ground and calling it a day. They have to locate the nearest registered survey point, which could be in your yard or could be blocks away. Then they have to begin measuring from that point to your house using very expensive equipment that is accurate to 1/100th of an inch. And then they have to reconcile that against your property description. That's just what I understand of it and I tune out when he gets past that point.

Oh, and LMFAO! That's how I feel sometimes when C gets all engineer-y on me.

anotapotamus · September 2010

jerseygirl81:
anotapotamus:

My H is a land surveyor for a living. What you are asking for is a lot more than pointing to a few spots on the ground and calling it a day. They have to locate the nearest registered survey point, which could be in your yard or could be blocks away. Then they have to begin measuring from that point to your house using very expensive equipment that is accurate to 1/100th of an inch. And then they have to reconcile that against your property description. That's just what I understand of it and I tune out when he gets past that point.

Oh, and LMFAO! That's how I feel sometimes when C gets all engineer-y on me.

LOL - yeah. I'm all comfy in my math geek persona, but when H starts talking about factoring the curve of the Earth into equations, I get a little glassy-eyed and just nod my head.

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