When you buy a new residential or commercial property, it’s crucial to have the lot assessed by a property surveyor. Doing so will ensure you know exactly where your land starts and ends, so you can operate within those confines and avoid encroaching upon surrounding lots. However, sales can sometimes bring up property disputes or fights over where one lot begins and another one ends. Below, Fusco Engineering & Land Surveying PC in Middletown, NY, explains how and why property surveyors are the only people who can settle these feuds.

Providing Independent Lot Line Assessments

Landowners tend to think they know where their property line is. However, without a proper survey, there is a good chance they are incorrect. This passed-down knowledge can lead to problems if the new homeowner takes the previous owner’s word for fact and builds something without the official plot map.

Independent lot line assessments performed by property surveyors are trusted because the company has nothing to gain by adjusting the lot size and location. The surveyor provides a physical lot line assessment and marks the land boundaries at its corners, settling the dispute in no uncertain terms.

Legally Establishing Property Lines

The only way to legally determine where lots begin and end is by using a property surveyor. If you are involved in a land dispute that takes place in a court, you will have to get a professional land surveyor to assess your property, as this is the only legal way to definitively note what is known as true property lines.

Sometimes, land disputes are simple arguments between neighbors that never go anywhere. However, when these arguments escalate due to potential land encroachment or trespassing, you need to hire a property surveyor. If you require this kind of professional service, Fusco Engineering & Land Surveying is here to help. Give them a call today at (845) 344-5863 to schedule an appointment, and visit their website to learn about their services, including boundary and topographic surveys, storm water design, and construction stakeouts.