We specialize in Certified Surveys, boundary surveys, elevation certificates and stakeout work.
What is a Land Survey?
A land survey is performed by a registered land surveyor for the purpose of describing, monumenting and mapping the boundaries and corners of a parcel of land. It may also include the design and layout of new lots and streets, the determination of the physical features of the land parcel and the location of buildings and other improvements upon the land.
A land survey locates upon the ground the land that your deed describes.
When Should I Have My Land Surveyed?
You should have your land surveyed:
- Before you purchase it, to be sure the "deed" describes the land you are to purchase.
- If you are required to furnish a survey of your property when you borrow money on it.
- Whenever you believe someone is encroaching on your property.
- Before dividing any parcel of land for sale.
- Prior to the construction of any structures on property in which you have an interest, unless you are positive of the boundaries.
- When you sell any tract of land which has not been previously surveyed and the plat thereof recorded.
- When your attorney, land surveyor, architect, municipal engineer, or Realtor advises it.
Surveyor-Client Relations
A registered land surveyor is duly licensed by law to perform land surveys in Wisconsin. He renders a highly technical service to his client in conformity with several applicable laws, regulations and codes, which have been established by State, County and local governments. As a professional, the land surveyor must also abide with high standards of conduct and practices.
How Do I Authorize a Survey?
Tell the land surveyor why you want a survey so that he can recommend the type of survey required. Furnish him with a description of the land to be surveyed and any other information you may have regarding the property, such as abstract of title, title report, previous survey maps, or location of existing property corners.
Transmit your instructions by letter, telephone, or consultation with the land surveyor in his office, or at the land site. The surveyor may request written authorization from you to proceed with the survey, together with a retainer fee.
How Much Will a Survey Cost?
If you are in need of a survey, please call for an estimate.
What Will a Surveyor Do For Me?
He will study your deed and show you what, in his professional opinion, the records and facts indicate the boudaries of your land to be. He will survey your property and adjacent property, if necessary, to complete his work.
He will set monuments at your property corners and mark them so they can be easily found. A record of his work is recorded in his field book for future reference.
He will prepare a plat or map of hour property, indicating the measurements he has made, the monuments placed and the computed acreage. He will supply you with as many copies of the plat or map as you may require, each bearing his signature, certification and seal. He will file a copy of the map or plat with county surveyor, within 60 days of the completion of your survey and will record the original of the plat or map with the register of deeds if required by law.
In case of controversy, he will appear in court as your expert witness. No one other than he can assume the responsibility for the correctness and accuracy of his work.
He is the person best qualified to write a property description, when land is to be divided.
He will help you plan and lay out a subdivision into lots and streets.
He will advise you if there is any defect in your land description or evidence of encroachment.
Protect Your Interests
The Land Surveyor locates the property upon which improvements are planned and constructed. His professional services will cost less in time, worry and expense than the cost of moving a building, relocating improvements or defending a law suit in court due to land boundary controversy. Retain a Land Surveyor prior to the planning of your development and investment of funds, as a protection of your interests.
Member of Wisconsin Society of
Land Surveyors
In affiliation with the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors is a statewide organization of registered Land Surveyors who are qualified to perform land surveys in Wisconsin and who are dedicated to improving the quality of land surveys, land survey records and land surveying education.
Its members subscribe to high standards of ethics, professional conduct and practices, so as to assure competency and protection of the public welfare.