In this video, Shelly from Cardinal Surveying & Mapping shares a real story about friends who built a new home without a REALTOR® and without a final boundary survey. They ended up dealing with fence issues, missing sod, and costly corrections after a neighbor moved in.
Need a Survey? Here’s How to Start! Hi! We're Shelly and Will Clark from Cardinal Surveying! The quickest way to get started: Email inbox@cardinalsurveying.com with your property address, the type of survey, and your contact information. Judy and Jasmine will guide...
How Long Is Your Survey Good For? Shelly from Cardinal Surveying breaks it down. Title companies vary; some accept surveys that are 7 years old, while others won’t take one that’s 6 months old. Why? Because things change! We recently resurveyed a property, and...
This month we continue with a commercial real estate blog series that covers each item in an ALTA survey checklist, otherwise known as TABLE A. We will look at the benefits of each point in detail. An ALTA survey is typically utilized for commercial and industrial...
Evidence of recent earth moving work, building construction, or building additions observed in the process of conducting the fieldwork.
Oftentimes the client is not located in the same city in which the survey is being performed. The surveyor is considered to be the eyes and ears at the site while performing the field work.
This month we continue with a commercial real estate blog series that covers each item in an ALTA survey checklist, otherwise known as TABLE A. We will look at the benefits of each point in detail. An ALTA survey is typically utilized for commercial and industrial properties only. The requirements to perform an ALTA allow for several additional features to be added to the typical boundary survey. Access
Legal descriptions are typically found in the deeds that are found in the recorder of deeds office in each county. There are two main types of legal descriptions used today: subdivision reference or a meet’s and bounds description.
A licensed land surveyor is a professional in the eyes of the law. A land surveyor applies state statutes to determine the exact location of a property based on a recorded document. They take what is written on paper and physically mark locations on land. It is a...
This month we continue with a commercial real estate blog series that covers each item in an ALTA survey checklist, otherwise known as TABLE A. We will look at the benefits of each point in detail. An ALTA survey is typically utilized for commercial and industrial properties only. The requirements to perform an ALTA allow for several additional features to be added to the typical boundary survey.
Buying a house is a big step. It’s exciting, but it can also be a bit daunting. One question that often pops up is: should I get a house survey?