Mortgage Survey vs. Boundary Survey Before Closing
A lender or title company tells you a mortgage survey is required before you close on a property. You may think this means a surveyor will check every inch of the land and confirm your exact property lines. That’s often not true, and this mix-up causes a lot of confusion during closing. A mortgage survey […]
Shared Driveway? When a Boundary Line Survey Helps
Two homes share one strip of pavement. It looks simple. But the driveway on the ground doesn’t tell you how the two parcels fit together. Crews lay pavement for convenience. It follows the easiest path for cars, not the legal line between lots. So the edge of the gravel or asphalt might sit inside one […]
What Survey Stakes and Pins on Your Property Actually Mean
You’re mowing the back corner of your lot. The blade catches something. You stop, dig around, and find a metal cap sticking two inches out of the ground with a strange stamp on it. Most people just shrug and mow around it. But that little marker is doing more legal work than almost anything else […]