What factors impact the cost of a survey?
Some factors include:
- 1. Survey type, scope, and complexity,
- 2. Quality of legal descriptions and other property ownership document,
- 3. Extent of research required at the County Courthouse, Bureau of Land Management, State Library, Title Companies and/or other repositories of land records,
- 4. Property size and shape can impact the number of property corners to mark,
- 5. Type of terrain keeping in mind that a level parcel of urban land is easier to survey than a mountainous rural parcel,
- 6. Evidence of old surveys can require extensive fieldwork,
- 7. Vegetation including branches and bushes near the property boundaries generally need to be cleared to provide a line of sight,
- 8. Accessibility to property boundaries including time, distance, and difficulty,
- 9. Availability of evidence left by previous surveyors,
- 10. Existence of property line disputes,
- 11. Degree of cooperation by neighbors in the case of discrepancies,
- 12. Title Company/lender requirements regarding documentation,
- 13. Filing Fees/recording fees if the map needs to be recorded,
- 14. Degree of surveying efficiency achieved through the use of technology used including GPS, robotics, and mapping software.