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TomChum
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# Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:06am
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I'm wondering how much it costs to survey land to locate property borders and corners. Does anyone have direct experience or quotes regarding the cost of surveying land?
How much in US dollars (or CAD?) and when was this quote made?
Thanks!
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Just
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# Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:55am
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last one i had done in ontario can. was 500$ + tax 13%
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sm paul
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# Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:16am
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Here in Wisconsin you can legally hire a line walker if you are looking for property lines to build.
If you are having a land dispute with a neighbor you have to foot the bill for a official survey which can cost more than twice as much.
We hired a line walker 4 years ago for $325, and that included him pounding metal fence stakes every 100 feet around the perimeter of the property.
We had called a couple official surveyors for a estimates and were told the cost would be around $900 with flags.
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MikeOnBike
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# Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:04am
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Wow, when we needed to have our 80 acres surveyed for fencing we got quotes of several thousand dollars. It is remote and rugged so that might have been the reason.
I rented a surveyors GPS and we did it ourselves over a weekend. Cost was $550 for the rental.
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hattie
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# Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:22pm
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In 2007 we had a survey done. We paid $2,500 but that included amalgamating the lots (12,500 sq.ft total). I don't know what the cost would have been to survey only. We didn't have an option to survey it ourselves.
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sm paul
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# Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:23pm
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Quoting: MikeOnBike Wow, when we needed to have our 80 acres surveyed for fencing we got quotes of several thousand dollars. It is remote and rugged so that might have been the reason
-Ours is a rectangle shaped wooded 10 acre parcel with a small river running lengthwise through the property located on a county gravel road .
The guy we hired lives less than 15 miles from our land.
It took him all of one afternoon.
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TomChum
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:09pm
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OK thanks for the replies. We are trying to establish lot lines on a 1 1/4 acre lot in the city, mostly level, but lots of bushes. Lowest quote is $2900, they go upward into $5,000+.
My gut feel is this is an 8-12 man-hour job, but I could be wrong.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2011 06:29pm
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i always dug about in the dirt and brush and found all of ours.it took a couple of years...but it was free.
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iwhitewater
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# Posted: 19 May 2011 05:27pm
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When I purchased my property the land owner would not come down at all on the price. I said I was willing to pay the full price but I insisted that I had the land surveyed and marked so that I would be DAMN sure to know where the boundaries were. I do not know the price, but am sure that as rugged as the property is that I got the best end of the deal
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dabones
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# Posted: 19 May 2011 10:14pm
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we paid $350 cash for our survey.. it was a 5 acre section.. he marked 6 points on the lot, out lot is approx 225' x 1230'.. and most of it was through marshy wetlands.. he came out twice too, once he put in wood stakes, cuz he ran out of Iron Rods.. so the second time out, I was there, so he took me out to show me everything..
he flagged a few other areas that are along the line too.. I had 0 experience up to this point, so I figured I was getting a good deal.. he was recommended by the seller, who was a real estate agent, so he knows everyone.. he set me up with the driveway install as well...
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bobrok
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# Posted: 19 May 2011 10:32pm
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I think you got quite a good deal on that.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 19 May 2011 11:40pm
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$4000 minimum here......
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