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20 years of experience

Roane Land Surveying is committed to building solid working relationships with architects, engineers, developers, general contractors, title attorneys, financial institutions, and the private landowner. We are a small, local firm motivated to produce the highest quality service for all our clients, regardless of the size and scope of the request. By combining experience, local knowledge and the latest in measurement technology, we can help move your project in the right direction.

Roane Land Surveying is committed to building solid working relationships with architects, engineers, developers, general contractors, title attorneys, financial institutions, and the private landowner. We are a small, local firm motivated to produce the highest quality service for all our clients, regardless of the size and scope of the request. By combining experience, local knowledge and the latest in measurement technology, we can help move your project in the right direction.

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

Yes, new home construction will always require building permits, no matter where you live. In most cases, you’ll need a general construction permit, along with plumbing and electrical permits for the utility lines in your home. Depending on where you live, you’ll likely find that you also need permits for things like connection to a sewage system or installing exterior components, like decks, driveways, patios, and curb cutouts. Leave navigating the permits required for new home construction to a professional to ensure your home is built legally and safely.

A boundary survey measures the boundary lines of the property, only the length of each property line and their locations. A land survey includes a more in-depth measurement of the property, including the heights and depths of the terrain measured by a topographic survey. A boundary survey is typically the most cost-effective method for marking and measuring property lines.

Depending on property size and complexity, usually 1-3 weeks.

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

The small lines on the tape measure either indicate inches, fractions of an inch, or centimeters and millimeters. On the imperial unit side (aka the inches side), the longest lines indicate inches, followed by the next shortest lines that indicate a half-inch, and then the quarter, eighth, and sixteenth-inch. On the metric side, the lines break down meters, centimeters, and millimeters.

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