Boundary opening in Uganda

Boundary opening in Uganda  : Boundary opening refers to the process of identifying the location of the land, the corner markstones and the right measurements of the land.It also entails physical and technical identification of official demarcation of  a given piece of land as per the records from the national mapping and survey department.

Boundary opening is very crucial because many landowners have a general idea of where their landlines are but don’t not really have an exact clue where the accurate lines are. It is on this note therefore it becomes very important to accurately establish these boundaries with the help of a professional surveyor or professional companies like www.moorlandconsults.com

The second primary question about boundary opening is to solve the issue of the size and boundary of the land. Many people have bought land and property and eventually discovered the property has no access road leading to it. Many have ventured into construction only to discover they built in a wrong plot, this happens a lot with plots in housing estates. Others carry on with construction of houses and walls only to discover part of the project is in a neighbour’s plot.

 Boundary opening is carried out by registered professional land surveyors, either individually or attached to any professional real estate company like moorland consults.

Moorland consults limited has the best professional land surveyors that are self driven and are good at result delivering. Our boundary opening services run across the country together with detailed land surveying services as shown on our website www.moorlandconsults.com.

Boundary opening is a crucial step to be taken before purchasing and selling of land or any other development that is to be undertaken on a given piece of land.

This is because it is one way of preventing unnecessary encroachment without any consent which  might result in further costs or wrangles.

Key steps to note about boundary opening

• Preparation of the land title: 

This step involves a client identifying the land title of the piece of land to be surveyed for boundary opening and giving all clear and accurate information to the surveyor for better preparation.The land surveyors that are employed for this specific work are expected to obtain all the details on the land and provide a conclusive report.

• Boundary delimitation: 

This is a land survey process that aims at irrevocably establishing limits of two adjacent properties.

• Boundary demarcation : 

This involves showing or allocating the rightful boundaries of the land. This involves gazating the boundary area to indicate where the land starts and ends from.

• Boundary maintenance:

 This is the process of permanently respecting the allocated boundaries of the property within the neighbourhood. 

Some of the importances of boundary opening: 

• Most plots especially in estates have similar shapes and sizes so it is important to draw actual land boundaries to help in differentiating the plots of land.
• Boundary opening helps in solving land wrangles by identifying who is on the right side and who is encroaching on someone’s land.
•  Boundary opening helps the land buyers not to buy “air”(false land) since the buyer will witness the gazetted area and the boundary opening report.
• Boundary opening helps in identifying the current state of the land, that is the size, location and its development status.
• Boundary opening to know if there is any encroachment on someone’s land and find a way forward.
• If the land has features like buildings, trees or rocks, it helps the person to know if they lie in their land or outside their land. 
•  Boundary opening helps to identify the actual boundaries and help in demarcating the right plot of land.

Cost of boundary opening 

Boundary opening has no set cost since it depends on some factors such as the size and location of the land.

Misconceptions about Boundary Opening

Many clients do not have much knowledge about the importance of boundary opening and this has led to many misconceptions that people have been told and these have made them lose interest in this important process.

Moorland consults limited has well experienced professional land surveyors that are well trained to carry out this activity.We also offers free consultation to our clients about boundary opening and this will guide the client to know the importance of the process.

Below are some of the misconceptions that people have about Land surveying:

• Construction is okay without land surveying:

This is one of the most required procedures in construction even when someone is building only on their land, it is advisable for them to protect their investment by marking their boundaries in order to avoid encroachments either on their land or neighbours.

• Encroachment is hard:

Some people think it is hard to encroach on neighbours land yet it is very possible even without an intent. 

Boundary Opening helps you create proper boundary marks on your property. This helps you to protect your land from encroachers or potential encroachers.

• Land is only surveyed once:

It is prudent to ensure that land surveying is a process that can be done several times overtime and boundary opening is a followup process after some time. This is not done with an assumption of expecting different results but rather to ensure that the previous records correlate with the current findings. This gives the owner current updates about the property and also gives a proper current status for better planning.

• Boundary Opening is expensive:

Many landowners  bear an assumption that these processes are  too expensive due to the costs incurred. However, in compulsion with the legal penalties involved in case of any encroachments on anybody’s land it is more costly than hiring a professional company to carry out this process for you.

• Old records are more important than boundary opening:

Many prefer to rely on old records to mark their boundary lines. However having these records does not guarantee that these records correspond with the current state of the land. It is advisable for the land owner to hire a professional company to carry out a proper boundary opening in regard to the previous records on the land to properly mark their boundaries.

• Old marks stand valid as boundary lines:

Some land owners prefer to use old structures as their boundary lines since they have been there for a long time yet it is possible that anything could have happened over time due to different factors like weather, development, encroachments  among others. 

It is advisable for proper measurements to be carried out and confirm boundary lines in regard to the previous records.

For further insights and guidance about boundary opening contact  www.moorlandconsults.com professional team or dimply send youn email to info@moorlandconsults.com

+256 703 491 553 / +256 770 418 768.