If you already possess the land with property and wish to change the building, you’ll need a boundary and building survey. Also known as an identification survey, it is a vital component of the planning process as a property owner. Surveys enable you to ensure that your plans can come to fruition through the relevant planning legislation and authorities.

These surveys are of particular help and importance if you aim to extend, subdivide, or improve your property/dwelling. It is because getting a boundary survey provides detailed knowledge regarding the legal extent of your property. We’ll share more below:

How A Boundary And Building Survey Works

To ascertain the legal location of the property boundaries as determined by law, ARP Surveyors will often locate the corners of your plot of land through survey marks or nearby buildings. A building survey is the most reliable way of finding and locating those boundaries on the ground.

The survey will name the nearby roads and label what’s nearby each boundary line. This process avoids ambiguity and ensures complete clarity for anyone looking at the document. Not only that, you gain peace of mind from having the documentation ready should a neighbour decide to submit plans for a new building when you least expect it.

Reasons To Get A Boundary And Building Survey

Getting one of these surveys is for more than legal purposes and to satisfy the authorities. Neighbourly relations can soon turn sour over the property. They come to a clash over one side’s plans. It could be a plan for an extension that infringes on the other’s land or block out sunlight and views.

Having a survey ready eliminates unnecessary stress and lets you avoid complicated and tiring legal disputes. At the very least, it won’t last long if one begins because the documents will be available from the start. The conflict will not have any grounds to proceed.

However, there is another crucial reason to have one of these surveys performed for any property you own. If you need to secure the financial assistance of a lender, they may ask you to get a complete boundary survey.

They do this to lower the risks they take by lending money and are skilled at reviewing these documents. Lenders involve a registered surveyor to avoid any uncertainty at the start or end of the planning process triggered by you or a neighbour.

Get ARP Surveyors To Help You Today

If this resonates with you and you think you need to get one of these surveys as a priority, then we’ll be happy to help you. We’ve done these for past clients and will gladly do them for you.

All you need to do is reach out to us. We’ll give you an estimate based on the property involved and the size of your parcel of land. Then we can take things from there if you want to proceed with our services. Contact us at our email, info@arpsurveyors.com.au, or our phone number, +0422 816 957.