Need A Chartered Land Surveyor ?

[captainjack2010]

Need some advice . Have been lurking and reading this forum for awhile and know there are some builders /surveyors/planners here .

How much does one cost and can you recommend one ?


regards

cp

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

What kind of survey do you require? eg Land Surveys, Topographic, Highways, Flood Plains, Landfill & Quarry design or Land Registry?

 

[captainjack2010]

What kind of survey do you require? eg Land Surveys, Topographic, Highways, Flood Plains, Landfill & Quarry design or Land Registry?

hello freddymercurystwin

Need to accurately mark and record current garden boundary and walls with a written report which maybe be used in evidence.

regards

cp

 

[empip]

Be careful out there ! Experts may cost the earth then leave you wondering exactly why they didn't achieve your expectations... If you get the drift.

http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/
Also
http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/boundaries.html
There may be more.

See some further reading here from The OS Net :-
1.2 A few myths about coordinate systems

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[captainjack2010]

Hello empip

will read through those websites. What sort of surveyor do i need and how much ?

Regards

cp

ps freddymercurystwin are you a surveyor ?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

No I am not a surveyor, to find a surveyor, search Yell.com under the section Surveyors - Land & Hydrographic

http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAc...edclarifyResults=&bandedclarifyResults=&ssm=0

You could always phone a few Architects practices and ask who they use, they often use the same one if they're any good/competitive.

A survey will be honed to pick up exactly what you want it to pick up. Price will be dependent upon the complexity and size of the site and what you require to be surveyed. Explain to your appointed surveyor why you need your survey. Assuming it was say an average detached house in an average sized garden and all you required was a perimeter of a building and a site boundary you'd be looking at say £150 +. That's extremely vague though as I have no idea what site you require surveying or exactly what you need surveying. Ensure that if your survey is to be used in evidence find out what if any requirements the survey must fulfil to ensure it is not invalidated eg must use a Charted Surveyor or similar.

Of course though, if you require a boundary position to be determind a surevyor will be unable to detrmine that.

 

[jeds]

Try the RICS find a surveyor website. You need a land surveyor - preferably one which specialises in boundary disputes.

Beware though that boundary disputes can quickly escalate and become stressful and very expensive. If you are talking a few inches of fence line my advice is forget it and spend the money down the pub.

http://www.ricsfirms.com/vw/search/location.aspx

 

[MrOcelot]

Boundary disputes can be extremely stressful and ruinously expensive. I have done a number and clients can spend huge sums in surveyors' fees, then even larger sums in lawyers' fees and all over a few centimetres of ground. If you are using the Land Certificate as your "evidence" bear in mind it is based on the Ordnance Survey which only claims an accuracy of + or- 1m in urban areas and + or - 2m in rural areas. The OS does NOT map boundaries, it maps only physical features. The line on your Land Certificate was not plotted by a surveyor but was drawn by a solicitor's secretary using a red felt-tip pen and a plastic ruler. The line is about 0.5mm wide on plan which scales up to 625mm on the ground. Boundaries are one of those things that the law always reckons "res ipso loquitur" or "the thing speaks for itself" so that the physical features that delineate the boundary are good enough to be the boundary unless there is some very good reason why not. Once you start a boundary dispute, you and your neighbours will be at daggers-drawn for ever after.

Think very carefully before getting sucked into a dispute.