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Q: What do land surveys typically include?

• <div><p>Property lines, building locations, and potential encroachments are mapped.</p></div>

Q: What is the difference between a land survey and a plat?

• <div><p>A land survey includes the layout of a single property, including precise measurements and to-scale drawings of boundary lines, land improvements, and sometimes other features, like topography and drainage information. A plat map includes the layouts and boundary lines of several adjacent plots and basic structure measurements. Surveys are normally more valuable for homeowners and buyers, and plat maps are for governmental use.</p></div>

Q: Do you need a permit to clear land?

• <div><p>Permit requirements to clear land vary by municipality, so whether or not you need permits depends on where you live and what you&rsquo;re removing from the land. Some building departments will require permits for any underground work or excavation, meaning grinding down tree stumps on your property would require permits. Others mandate individual permits for each tree you remove. You can contact your local building department or a <a href="https://www.angi.com/nearme/land-clearing-services/">land-clearing specialist near you</a> to see if permits are necessary for your job.</p></div>

Q: How long is a land survey good for?

• <div><p>Land surveys don&rsquo;t technically expire. They do serve as a point of reference and a snapshot of your property, though, so as soon as you make changes to your property (and even if your neighbor makes certain changes to theirs), your existing land survey becomes inaccurate, and a new one must be done. Even if you don&rsquo;t make any changes to your property, many states only guarantee the accuracy of a land survey for five to ten years.</p></div>

Q: How do pros determine the right slope for my landscape?

• <div><p>Pros will assess your soil type, property geography, and rain patterns for optimal slope.</p></div>

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Reviewed in January 2018
Alaskan Drilling LLC improperly installed a septic system at my residence. Upon selling the home, only three and a half years later, the leach field failed inspection as there was not enough separation between the ground water and the leach field. The inspector and the contractor hired to fix...
Alaskan Drilling, LLC
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Reviewed in January 2014
After a heavy snow fall we desperately needed our steep driveway cleared. John came within hours of being called. Very quick & thorough - left a wide, clear path and plenty of room to park our vehicles. We now have an arrangement whereby he comes automatically. Highly recommend. Look forward to...
Fairbanks Stump Grinders/Yellow Snow Plowing
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Reviewed in September 2013
We are Subaru owners. We went to Kendall Auto in search of Subaru wiper blades, and also to get extra screws for our license plates as we came from a state with only one plate. The people we spoke to were all very friendly, however it took a lot longer than it should have to get what we needed....
Kendall Auto
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Reviewed in May 2013
Everything went very smoothly. One guy showed up and asked if he could leave the trailer in our parking area for the 3 days it was going to take to do the job. He shoveled the snow out of the way, so he could set up his tools and equipment. Job site was always left clean each evening. He...
ABC Inc
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Reviewed in September 2012
Incredibly Poor!! The tree removal service was not even close to falling the tree anywhere close to where they intended for it to land. Instead the tree destroyed multiple segments of our backyard fence, our deck railing and came very close to coming through our family room window and seriously...
Beetle Kilt Tree Svc & Snow
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Reviewed in September 2012
Approx. 5-6 men showed up to begin packing up the house. They promptly set up their iphones with speakers in my kitchen (without asking permission) and began playing loud rap music with questionable lyrics (loud enough for me to hear when I walked down to the mailbox several houses away with...
AAA Moving & Storage
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Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

Property lines, building locations, and potential encroachments are mapped.

A land survey includes the layout of a single property, including precise measurements and to-scale drawings of boundary lines, land improvements, and sometimes other features, like topography and drainage information. A plat map includes the layouts and boundary lines of several adjacent plots and basic structure measurements. Surveys are normally more valuable for homeowners and buyers, and plat maps are for governmental use.

Permit requirements to clear land vary by municipality, so whether or not you need permits depends on where you live and what you’re removing from the land. Some building departments will require permits for any underground work or excavation, meaning grinding down tree stumps on your property would require permits. Others mandate individual permits for each tree you remove. You can contact your local building department or a land-clearing specialist near you to see if permits are necessary for your job.

Land surveys don’t technically expire. They do serve as a point of reference and a snapshot of your property, though, so as soon as you make changes to your property (and even if your neighbor makes certain changes to theirs), your existing land survey becomes inaccurate, and a new one must be done. Even if you don’t make any changes to your property, many states only guarantee the accuracy of a land survey for five to ten years.

Pros will assess your soil type, property geography, and rain patterns for optimal slope.

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