property line surveys
If you are building a fence, installing landscaping or clearing trees, you need to make sure you stay on your own land. You may be curious ‘how far back your lot goes’ or whether your neighbor’s RV is parked on your land. A property line survey lets you see your property lines on the ground for yourself. Depending on your circumstances, your property line survey could be as simple as confirming the existing survey posts at your corners; but it will often involve establishing positions which were not marked before and placing wooden stakes and flagging along the property lines. We know what it takes to make a property line visible through thick vegetation.
We encourage all new property owners to consider getting a property line survey. In addition to keeping you from encroaching onto adjacent properties, it will empower you to make full use of what you do own.
It is important to make sure your property lines are marked by an Alberta Land Surveyor. We have encountered fencing contractors, municipal employees, and other well-meaning individuals who think it is part of their job to locate survey markers. We have also seen landowners try to locate their own property lines. A frequent pitfall in these situations is that there is a survey post near a property corner that marks a different property corner or the start of a curved property line. We have seen fences built 30 metres from the property line because of confusion like this. The Land Surveyors Act restricts this work to Alberta Land Surveyors exactly because it requires specialized knowledge and equipment.
