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Reasons for Retaining a Land Surveyor
- Purchasing property
- Beginning any construction improvements within property boundaries
- Dividing parcels of land for sale
- Adjusting existing parcel boundaries
- Conflicting property ownership boundaries
- Investigating written records and historical survey evidence
Choosing a Land Surveyor
- Licensed by the State of California
- Awareness of your needs and familiarity with local government regulations
- Experience and qualification for the type of survey work to be performed
- Evidence of satisfied customers and good reputation in the community
Factors Impacting the Cost of a Survey
- Survey type, scope, and complexity
- Quality of legal descriptions and other property ownership documents
- Extent of research required at the County Courthouse, Bureau of Land Management, State Library, Title Companies and/or other repositories of land records
- Property size and shape can impact the number of property corners to mark
- Type of terrain keeping in mind that a level parcel of urban land is easier to survey than a mountainous rural parcel
- Evidence of old surveys can require extensive fieldwork
- Vegetation including branches and bushes near the property boundaries generally need to be cleared to provide a line of sight
- Accessibility to property boundaries including time, distance, and difficulty
- Availability of evidence left by previous surveyors
- Existence of property line disputes
- Degree of cooperation by neighbors in the case of discrepancies
- Title Company/lender requirements regarding documentation
- Filing Fees/recording fees if the map needs to be recorded
- Degree of surveying efficiency achieved through the use of technology used including GPS, robotics, and mapping software
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Licensed by the
California Board for
Professional Engineers
and Land Surveyors
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*Service coverage area:
TKM Land Surveyors offers services to prospective clients whose property is located in the cities mentioned below:
...Aptos... Atherton ... Belmont...Campbell...Carmel…Castro Valley…Cupertino...Daly City…Foster City...Gilroy...Half Moon Bay...Hayward…Los Altos...Los Altos Hills…Los Gatos....Menlo Park...Milpitas…Millbrae...Monterey…Monte Sereno…Mountain View...Palo Alto...Pleasant Hill... Pleasanton…Portola Valley...Redwood City...San Bruno...San Carlos…San Jose...San Mateo...San Rafael…Santa Clara....Saratoga...Sunnyvale...Walnut Creek ... and other cities in Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Alameda County, and Santa Cruz County.
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