Category Archives: boundary surveying

Metes and Bounds Survey Challenges on Older Rural Tracts

A metes and bounds survey on an old rural tract can turn into detective work fast. Plenty of rural land still carries deeds that go back a hundred years or more. Some point to a creek, an old fence, or a rock that may not even be there anymore. For developers eyeing rural land, this matters. A clean-looking deed can hide a messy boundary underneath. This article walks through the biggest problems that show up on old rural tracts and why a metes and bounds survey is often the only way to sort them out before money gets spent … Continue reading →


Property Line Survey Checks Before Installing a Shared Driveway

Two neighbors sharing one driveway sounds simple. It isn’t, at least not without some homework first. A property line survey shows exactly where one lot ends and the next one begins. That matters a lot when a driveway is going to sit close to that line, or cross it. Confirming the Proposed Driveway Stays Within the Intended Property Area Before any grading or paving starts, someone needs to check the planned driveway path against the real property line. Not the fence. Not the old hedge row. The actual surveyed boundary. Plans on paper can look fine and still be … Continue reading →


Boundary Survey Questions That Come Up When a Creek Forms the Property Line

A creek running between two rural properties looks like a clean divider. The real property line can be trickier than the water suggests. A deed might tie the boundary to the creek’s centerline, one bank, an old channel or a set of measured lines near the water. On sloped creekside land, erosion, sediment, flooding and shifting runoff can hide where that line truly sits. A boundary survey pulls together deed research, field evidence, old records and measurements to show how the written description matches the ground today. Here are the questions that come up most when a creek forms … Continue reading →