Township Surveys LLC

The surveyor was on time and completed the job efficiently. We would hire the company again.

Very well. I received a call about two days after selecting them via Angie's List. The process, cost and potential additional costs were all explained to me before scheduling the job. They were able to schedule the work in about one week from the request. The two-person crew did an excellent job--their commitment to thoroughness and accuracy was evident.

Did most of our business via email and phone. They were prompt and helpful on the phone. They stayed within quoted price and delivered survey on time. Even pushing it forward a few days at my request, due to a home sale deadline.

They were decent. It was expensive, but everybody was that expensive. It felt like a lot of money to pay for that, but from what we were told from more people than just them, that because no one near us had done one in a long, long time that is why is cost more. I would recommend them. They were professional. They showed up a day earlier than they told me that they would. I would use them again. They did a good job and they put the line markers like we asked, so they paid attention to detail. Their scheduling was a little bit bad, like I didn't get a heads up that they were coming a day early. The workers I came in contact with were polite and professional. I gave them an overall A because of price and responsiveness to what we had asked for.

Our neighbor was planning to sell a property adjacent to ours. Some 30-40 years prior, the boundary between the properties had been established through another surveyor in an ambiguous manner. At that time the prior surveyor based his conclusions on a fence along the neighbor's property, by asking all the neighbors to confirm that fence constituted the property boundary; and when all neighbors agreed to this, he used that fence as the basis for the property boundary "established" under his surgery. This boundary survey placed a notch in that boundary line based on the fence and the corner markers of the property, while the original property line had been straight. We received the name of Township Surveys, LLC in Oregon City with expertise in Clackamas County. Our property had never been surveyed since it had been purchased around 1930. The proprietor from Township offered to establish a Boundary Line Agreement with our neighbor who was selling the property; for a few hundred dollars more, her offered to survey all our property borders for the first time. We offered to cover the cost of the survey, and the owner then spoke with our neighbor, explaining that establishing the Boundary Line Agreement was to their advantage for the pending sale of the property. Township Survey, LLC has excellent credentials. The owner has been on the the State Advisory Board of Surveyors, and impressed us with a high level of expertise in his profession. We hired them, and he sent staff to establish markers and tie them to existing markers. They were very thorough and spent many weeks before completing the survey. Then they presented it to us and we had the Boundary Agreement ratified together with our neighbor. The property parcel has been sold and thus the new house to be built will not encroach on our property. Further with their expertise the owner would be qualified to defend his decisions to the Land Board if required. We Recommend Township Survey, LLC without reservations.

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I had to have part of my property line surveyed, The whole process took about an hour and have no complaints towards the technicians who preformed the survey.  I was promised paperwork describing and showing where my property line is located.  However, I received no such paperwork, just a bill for $400.00.  Over priced, with no paper work, I repeatedly told this company I will send my payment in full when I received paper work.  Instead they threatened to take me to small claims court and I ended up paying $450.00 total for no explanation.  I cannot recommend Township Surveys to anyone.  

We were considering selling our home which is located in a floodplain. We needed to get an elevation certificate completed to be able to do so. There was a strong chance we we thought we could petition FEMA (with a LOMA) about our floodplain status as well. I contacted a few surveyors and chose Township Surveys after speaking on the phone about what we needed done. 
It was explained to me that they would be able to send a team out the following week to do the survey and I would have a certificate shortly after that (1-2 weeks). Then they would be able to help file a LOMA if it were applicable to change to the flood zone designation. That would have been an additional $750 if we wanted to purse that.
Two men came to the house and did all of the measurements on Oct. 14, took my full payment, and then I never heard from them again. I have called twice and each time been told they were very busy, but the elevation certificate was completed and I would get it in a few days. It is now Dec. 7 and I still do not have my elevation certificate. I need this to complete sale of my home and I have been unable to get a straight answer on when I will actually receive my certificate.
I would never use this business again for any surveying needs.

Overall it went ok, and I got what I needed, but I was disappointed with some aspects of the experience I'll note below.  (This is the only time I've worked with a surveying company, so perhaps my expectations are not inline with normal interactions).
-Lee gave me a detailed explanation for his estimate, and when the guys came out a week later, they said there was no surprises in the surveying and it all went as planned.  So I was shocked when the final invoice I got was nearly 30% higher than the estimate, if it went as expected and there were no surprises.  Lee ultimately "split the difference" with me after I complained about this, so it was only around 15% higher, but was still disappointing.
-When I scheduled the appointment with Lee, he requested I be present and on-site to coordinate with his Survey team in case they needed anything.  Unfortunately, they didn't show up in the morning when they said they would, and didn't bother to call and tell me.  I had to call and learn that they had gone to another appointment first, and would be out later in the day.  (Lee explained one of the guys was sick, and not quite on-the-ball per the norm, which I can understand, but it was still a poor experience, and would have been worse if I hadn't had the luxury of working from home for that day).
-They also left holes on the property for both myself and the neighbor.  I understand they need to dig to locate survey markers, but leaving these rather large open holes in the property just didn't seem very professional to me.  They could have easily filled these holes back in after their work was complete.

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Left a VM with them and two other surveyors in town. Township returned my call the next day with a helpful VM - they would look in to the property and call back in a few days with a price and availability. I never heard back from the other two surveyors even after follow up VMs...
A few days later I heard back from a very nice gentleman with Township that walked me through their process, the costs and the timeline. I agreed and we setup our appointment.
Day of two gentleman arrived on time. I was off at work - my GF described them as very friendly and courteous. They quickly got to work - she walked them through where the one corner pin was that we had located and the areas we were most concerned about related to our fence. It took them a bit of time but they ended up locating two more corners for our property and made a best guess as to where the 4th one was - it was the corner we were least worried about - that side of the property already had a fence along it.
They left very nice stakes on all the corners with descriptions of what they found as well as a few extra stakes along the one property line we were most interested in being sure of - all in they did exactly what we needed very quickly & professionally for a very fair price.
They'll be the first call I make when I need survey work in the future.

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The crew from Township were prompt, professional, and easy to work with. We really appreciated their intelligence and expertise. They were able to locate one original corner marker from 1959, when our house was built (they had to dig down a foot or two to find it, right at the edge of a sidewalk slab!), and they extrapolated and measured the location of the other three corners from markers in the neighborhood. We only paid for the corners to be located, as it would have cost $1000 extra to have new legal markers installed and papers filed with the County--but, if we ever need to go to that length, we will call Township again.

Our biggest surprise was just how emotional your property survey can be - especially in an environment where property values are high, local ordinances are in flux and development competition is keen. Township was extremely patient, flexible and helpful as we moved through the process of the survey and recording. We had a lot of questions and a fair amount of anxiety, but Township returned our phone calls and email messages promptly and politely. We would absolutely hire Township again.

Although we had a small job and had to be fit in around their larger jobs, they came when they said they would. They took the time to make friends with our dogs. They completed the job in a few stages, checking the markers, calculating their accuracy and then putting up the stakes. When we asked for additional stakes to facilitate the fencing, they obliged at no charge.

I rated the provider with straight "A"'s, that says it all!

They were efficient and helpful, but not very quick to return phone calls. It was reasonably-priced, and they printed and mailed us the results.

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They were responsive, on time and did the work asked.

My husband and I could not have gone through the battle with our neighbor without Lee Sprugeon?s help. I don?t say that lightly.  Lee has been our pillar of strength. He?s helped us face our fears as we?ve been fighting to save our property. His bullet-proof
survey, historic research and courtroom experience is valuable. Our neighbor?s lawsuit against us is still a work in progress. As of this writing, our neighbor?s complaint against us is dismissed as a result of their inability to claim any ownership to our property. This is as a result of Lee?s thorough research and survey. Lee is a kind man who is extremely knowledgeable of Oregon?s property laws, able to explain complex issues in layman?s terms and willingly leads you through the surveying process. He keeps himself current on all aspects of surveying, he?s licensed and certified and is currently the 2013 Chairman of the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon Association. I?d also like to mention, when we found it necessary to hire an attorney after our neighbors filed a civil lawsuit against us, Lee recommended our attorney; she?s amazing! Thank you Lee; we could not go through what we have faced without you!

Very helpful people.  Spoke with them on the phone to determine what was required to remark the property.  They gave me a price over the phone and we scheduled the work.