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Last update on November 13, 2025

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Rex A Bradfield

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Rex A Bradfield

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Customers say: Quality work
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Rex A Bradfield Licensed Professional Engineer Licensed Professional Land Surveyor I Know where your property actually is. I Know if you have problems with your property. I Know how to solve your problems. I Make sure you conform to local ordinances.

"Rex came on one of the hottest days of the year, after having done another survey an hour away from here. he worked carefully and methodically to set the boundary pins for our property. He was very pleasant to work with. We enjoyed our experience."

Deanna B on July 2025

Rex A Bradfield Licensed Professional Engineer Licensed Professional Land Surveyor I Know where your property actually is. I Know if you have problems with your property. I Know how to solve your problems. I Make sure you conform to local ordinances.

"Rex came on one of the hottest days of the year, after having done another survey an hour away from here. he worked carefully and methodically to set the boundary pins for our property. He was very pleasant to work with. We enjoyed our experience."

Deanna B on July 2025

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

If you can’t find any records online, you’ll need to contact your county clerk’s office to do further research. They should have property records on file, or can at least point you in the right direction of who to contact. You can also speak with your neighbors about when their houses were built because they were likely built around the same time.

To hire a land surveyor, you need to start by searching online for reputable professionals in your area. Here are a few steps to take when making a shortlist:

  • Browse land surveyor service website

  • Check credentials

  • Read customer reviews

  • Find their contact information

  • Call or email to inquire about more information

  • Ask how far they travel, if you’re some distance away

  • Find out how they charge for their services

  • Ask about schedule and turnaround times

  • Repeat these steps for one to two other services and compare pricing

Prior to excavation, you should prepare the dig site and call 311 before you sign anything.

To get your site ready for excavation, you should move anything in the area that isn’t affixed to the land. You can save money on the excavation by removing hardscaping, including walkways, decks, concrete patios, and paver patios.

Before you carry out any digging, you should call 311 to confirm that there are no utility lines running through your excavation site. Skipping this step could lead to severe injury and property damage if your excavator hits a water, sewage, or gas line.

When planning for land survey costs, you should consider the following elements as major contributors to the overall cost:

  • Size of your property in terms of acres or square feet

  • Complexity of the terrain in terms of hills, elevation changes, rocks, water, and other features

  • Type of survey you need (boundary survey, topographic survey, or a combination of survey types)

  • Distance traveled for the professional surveyor

This is fairly rare, but sometimes the local government or a group like a historical society will label a tree as a landmark, or historical item. These designations almost always come with a small, on-site plaque for identification, but you should also be able to look up protected trees in your area on a city website or similar list. If the tree in question is a landmark, call your local government and ask how to proceed before making any plans.

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