Licensed Land Surveyor Insights Before Starting a New Property Project
Before a shovel touches the ground, a licensed land surveyor needs to know more than where your property lines sit. They need to know what you’re building. That detail shapes what gets measured, what gets mapped, and what gets left out. Property owners, developers, and project teams often call a surveyor too late. By the […]
Why Land Surveyors Recommend Corner Markers for Vacant Lots
Drive out past the edge of Austin on almost any weekend and you’ll pass a raw dirt lot with a real estate sign leaning in the wind. No fence. No structure. Just grass, a few faded flags, and a buyer somewhere planning what comes next. Vacant land looks simple. It isn’t. Once the grass grows […]
How a Licensed Land Surveyor Handles Conflicting Deed Descriptions
When two deeds describe the same piece of land differently, a licensed land surveyor does not just pick the one that looks right. They follow a set order of evidence, built into surveying law, to figure out which description holds up. Often, this means going back through old county records to find where the mismatch […]