Types Of Information You Get From Property Surveys

by Vision Surveys Land Surveyor Companies & Consultants Perth

In the beginning, let us be clear with property surveys and their evident importance. Commercial and residential real estate property purchasers will always need recorded property surveys or they might even hire professional property surveyors for the purpose that is connected to property transactions for distinguished reasons.

A property survey informs the purchasers about the necessary structures and easements they are likely not to be aware of. These surveys even disclose the potential issues resulting from the setbacks of the property, and the improvements the property will need in the near future.

So, the property surveyors appointed from a registered subdivision and surveying firm in Perth conducts research on property deeds along with the subject property's maps as well as the neighbouring properties. If needed, the property surveyor will even contact and consult the utility company and title insurance company for identifying the recorded as well as the unrecorded easements and encroachments.

So, if you are among the property purchasers and have to look into the property survey, then you will have to look at significant types of information. Study these information carefully and thoroughly that you do not miss out on any crucial data.

1. Legal Description
A surveyed property's legal description is included to show the property's total area in square feet and acres and reference to the lots, tracts, city, country, state and blocks of the property's location; the point of beginning matching with the one as stated on the property's recorded title.

2. Building’s Street Numbers
The street numbers of any building on the said property are included, together with each building’s square footage.

3. Paved Areas, Buildings, and Setback Lines
The property survey consists of the location and dimensions of the parking and paved areas, all the setback lines, sidewalks, all buildings and structures.

4. Right-Of-Way, Sidewalks and Curbs
The surveys identify the location of streets, roads, and alleys which are adjacent to the property's boundaries. The roadway's width is even shown. You shall also find the curbs and cub cuts' locations.

5. Easements and Encroachments
A property survey shows the recorded easements, utility easements, the encroachments by buildings and the related improvements by the neighbouring properties.

6. All Possible Easements
The property surveys show the roads, telephone lines, railroads, drains, sewage line, oil and gas pipelines, walls, fences, culverts, hedges, driveways, billboards and monuments which could be on or across the very property, or else near a particular boundary line indicating the easement’s potential or actual existence.

7. Surveyor’s Certification
The property survey paper has the surveyor's certification and bears the original signature of the licensed property surveyor, along with his/her registration number and seal.

As a rationale property investor, you should be specific with your hired property surveyor and talk to them to be sure of the exact information they have put on the survey. They include each minute of information necessary needed to check from the survey, which includes the key measurements of the structure and its location, so you have all the information to go ahead with your decision.