Why hire aprofessional surveyor
Why hire aprofessional surveyor : In Land development and management of both private and public land, the work of professional land surveyors is very critical as they can help you tackle many issues regarding the land/property beyond the boundary lines. Also, if you are buying land or building a new home, you need a land surveyor. Surveying your land or property a professional surveyor has potential to save you time, money and aggravation that may arise later on in life. www.moorlandconsults.com we are known for offering the best land surveying in the country, we have a number of professional surveyors ready to serve you. If you are still contemplating if you need to hire a professional surveyor or not, here are the reasons why you should not think twice.
Boundary and Property lines
Establishing boundary and property lines is the most common reasons to why landowners and those to intending to purchase land hire professional surveyors, boundaries and property lines also known as occupancy or possession boundaries are very important information when installing a fence, adding a room to your already existing home, cutting down a tree or when paving your driveway. Also, boundary and property lines are often required for property titles, real estate financing, when solving boundary disputes with neighbours, new construction and insurance coverage.
Rights of way and Easements
Land surveying particular one conducted by a professional surveyor can determine if your property has a legal obligation for a right of way or easement. In some of the cases, an olagreement may include an easement that gives the neighbour the right to cross your property to access their own.
Utilities
Carrying a survey on your land or property by a professional surveyor, you can determine if utility companies have a right to use a portion of your property to maintain utility services or use your property to access neighbouring properties with lines, sewer lines or water lines.
Cemeteries
There might be an old family burial grounds lurking on your property unknown to you, your former homeowners may have buried their loved ones on your land or property centuries before you owned it. A survey by a professional surveyor will show the exact location of any cemeteries. On the other hand, if you would like to have your own family burial plot in the near future, a land surveyor can help with the process as well.
Land Subdivision
In case you have a parcel of land you want to subdivide and sell – off, a land surveyor can help map out the property corners, establish any easements that may be necessary to support the parcel being conveyed, evaluate the minimum lot size and dimensional requirements required by municipal land use ordinance, provide description of the lot to be conveyed and provide descriptions for each lot.
Having clarity on your plot of land or property can help you avoid any sort of misunderstanding in the future, contact us – Moorland Consults to book your land surveying by one of our professional surveyors.
Frequently Asked Questions about Land Surveying
Who can provide me with an official survey?
www.moorlandconsults.com we are among the licensed and professional land surveying companies in East Africa providing the best and legal land surveying to create and modify boundaries or easements of your land or property.
www.moorlandconsults.com was licensed by The Uganda Surveyors Registration Board to provide legal surveyors, create or modify surveys in any part of Uganda.
What do I look for when hiring a surveyor?
When hiring a surveyor, here are the following things to consider the qualification of the surveying firm, www.moorlandconsults.com is licensed to carry out land surveying in any parts of Uganda
References and past projects
Like any other profession before hiring a firm. It is crucial to look at their references and past projects
Communication
Surveyors must often communicate with your neighbours on your behalf. Before hiring a surveyor, make sure you are comfortable with the firm you are hiring and that you both have a clear understanding of what you are trying to accomplish. Make sure to clearly define the scope of work by clarifying your goals and expectations.The first thing to consider is the qualification. If a surveyor is licensed to carry out land surveying. As a professional land surveying firm, www.moorlandconsults.com will a land surveyor tell me where my boundary lines are? As described in your deed, your land surveyor locates the boundaries of the property on the ground, marking the property corners with physical monuments if none existed, provide a map and also document survey results. This map will be recorded with the district surveyor where your property is located. Incase conflict exists, your land surveyor will advise on property remedies.
Will I know if encroachments on the property exist?
As part of the survey, possible encroachments are identified, encroachments may not have been shown on the map submitted for filling with the district surveyor. So, a separate map may be necessary.
Will I know if easements exist on my property?
An easement grants another entity such as a utility country the rights to cross or use your land for a specific purpose, a surveyor can determine if a title report is provided by the owner or ordered during the survey. The owner of the land should make it clear to the land surveyor what additional information should be disclosed by the survey. Researching one boundary is generally the same as surveying the entire parcel, if the property has not been surveyed in a long time or boundary monuments have disappeared, a complete boundary survey is the most cost – effective.
