surveyors near W-S? (Winston-Salem, Salem: homes, neighborhood, buy)
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High PointThe Triad Area
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My husband and I are going to be putting up a privacy fence on the back half of our 0.4 acre lot sometime this spring and are looking for a good surveyor to confirm property lines (no corner posts appear to remain on our lot). Any suggestions on who to contact?
Also, we've budgeted about $300 for this; does that sound reasonable?
They are still there. Might have to dig a little. Most lots have a corner iron placed at each corner. This iron is about 30 inches long. With the size of your lot 1/4 acre. Look for things such as hedges, cable boxes ect. Note where you and your neighbor mows. Look about two three feet from the curb. You should be able to find one and with you eye find the next. Using local set backs between homes will give you a clue. If new to the neighborhood ask your neighbor. Find the iron and including your neighbor. This way you get their buy in. Once found, neighbor has buy in. Fence guy will set back about six inches you will be fine!!
As with any internet forum...beware the advice. If I only had a dime for how many times I have had clients and their neighbors say "this is the pin I found with Granddads medal detector"...and then to show them what they found was an anchor pin for a telephone pole and real boundary monument was 5 feet away. Or in small lots like you are referring to...using the corner for the lot behind them that is offset by 5 feet from the corner for their property. These are all things I have come across while surveying....and proof positive why the North Carolina requires that a surveyor has a college degree, minimum 7 years progressive experience, passes 2 federal exams, and 1 state specific exams just to display the minimum understanding of boundary surveying. An old surveyor told me once.....finding and digging up a medal rod is cheap....knowing which rod is the correct marker is the hard part.
Good luck with your survey.....Have it done and save yourself the worry of maybe taking down your fence in the future.
Agree with waytosouth. Surveys are worth the expense. Not only will you learn where to put your fence, you get evidence to back you up in case your neighbor decides that your fence is on his property. You might think your neighbors are the friendliest, most helpful people around but as soon as they see the fence posts being dug, expect them to become the meanest, fiercest people you've ever met let alone had to live next to.
You might think your neighbors are the friendliest, most helpful people around but as soon as they see the fence posts being dug...
as soon as they see the survey crew.
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