California Land Surveying Services

Homes and properties represent one's largest assets. It is important to know as much as possible about the piece of land of interest. This can be done intelligently by a land survey. Thorough land surveying provides a comprehensive document/report that can accurately determine the property boundaries as well as many other critical elements that affect the land's value.

Land surveys are created are done by a land surveyor, an expert and in essence a type of geologist. In the Los Angeles Court system, California Certified Land Surveyors are used as expert witnesses in property dispute litigation. Since they have training in analyzing property boundaries, topography, soil, and city regulations they provide the courts critical information for deciding cases.

People normally get in touch with a professional land surveyor outside of legal recourse. Situations typically include selling or purchasing a home or a piece of land. They are also get called in when home owners want to build a fence or home addition. They make sure that any adjustments to the property do not violate any city code, safety hazards or property boundaries. The reasons why there is no substitute for a land surveyor are:

• Only a licensed land surveyor can provide a map of his survey recognized by the court system that legally defines what one has bought


• They can conclude whether trees, buildings, fences, gardens, building overhangs, sidewalks, driveways, etc actually lie on the property or encroach onto others.


• They can scientifically determine whether there are safety hazards that impact the use of the land.


• They can decide if the deed correctly describes the property, or if it is required to provide an updated deed


• The survey given by the seller may be old and may not describe the changes made to the property since then. The surveyor can place permanent markers on the corners of the property to make one aware of the property lines

Thus, land surveying can be very useful to any landowner, land development professionals or real estate investors.

There are some premiere Los Angeles land surveying companies that have decades of surveying experience. They work with architects, geologists, lawyers and realtors to offer the highest quality and the most extensive surveying services, ranging from:

• PALS Report (Property Analysis by a Licensed Surveyor), for preliminary information on the property


• Aerial Topography surveys


• ALTA (American Land & Title Association) surveys


• Architecturalsurveys


• Boundary surveys


• Cross sections surveys


• Land Easement

Apart from all this, they also provide the Expert Witness, Interior As-Built, Monitoring changes to the property, Prevailing Setback plan, Property Line Adjustment, Record of Survey, Roof Height Certification, Roof Plan, Slope Analysis and Staking. All the owner needs to do is to inform the surveyor, clearly about his project.

Be it a home remodel, landscaping, new construction on a vacant lot, boundary location question or dispute, changing the property line etc., the surveyor can rightly determine what type of survey would be needed.

Drawing plans for a property requires extreme precision and carefulness. The difference between a few inches over or under the correct mark for a boundary can cause emotional and financial stress to the person owning the property.

California Land Surveyors observe the survey laws and make the most accurate boundary determination possible, thus providing reports that are accurate and the best value for money!