Land Surveying FAQ

Land, property, and the accessories on it are more than likely the largest investments you will ever make, so protect it. 

• When purchasing land or a house.
• When selling land or a house. Verify that you are selling only what you intend by using a legal description written by a Surveyor.
• If you don't know where your property lines are located.
• Before improving your property by building a house, garage, accessory building, fence, retaining wall, landscaping, or garden when you are close to a property line.
• ​If you and your neighbor disagree with the location of a line or corner location.
• You feel like your neighbor may be encroaching onto your property.
• When land is not clearly described by a legal description, subdivision, survey, or plat.
• When subdividing a parcel of land.
• A lending agency can require a survey for mortgage purposes if the property is not well described or ambiguous.

There are many different factors that determine the cost of a survey. There is research that needs to be performed, fieldwork both on your property and the surrounding property, and specialized equipment and software.

• Amount of research, drafting, office work, and fieldwork required to perform the survey.
• Quality of your current legal description and whether it is ambiguous.​
• Type of equipment and software required to perform the survey.
• Current conditions of the property.
• size of the parcel
• number of unknown property corners.
• building, fences, landscaping, or other improvements.
• Terrain and the accessibility of the site.

Please click here or use the quote request button below for a free quote or contact us with questions. 

• What is the reason you are looking into a survey and what is the end result you are looking for when it is complete? 
• Location of the property you are looking to get a survey on:
• legal description
• document number at the Register of Deeds Office.
• parcel number
• address if available
• title examination papers if available
• Current owner's names and history of ownership.
• Information regarding disagreements with current or past owners and neighbors over the location of property boundaries.
• Information regarding easements for your property (these may be verbal agreements but are important).
• Allow adequate time to research and plan your project by contacting the land surveyor well before the survey is needed.

• Make sure the services spelled out in your contract were performed.
• Make sure they set all corners shown on the survey.
• A copy of the map that the surveyor drafted.
• A legal description of your property. 

• Check with the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services to make sure they have a license, their license is up to date and not revoked. You can use the link above to check. Jesrin's Professional Land Surveying number is 3007. Use the "Health/Buisiness Individual Credential/License Search" option. Then put "3007" in the "License Number" and select "Professional Land Survyor" in the "Professions".