About the service
I stake land parcel boundaries in the field, so that the lines described on paper become visible on the ground. The work starts before the visit, with documents: an extract from the official land register containing the description of the boundaries, the title documents for the parcel and, where it exists, the earlier survey file with coordinates of the turning points. Boundaries are determined from the data of the official register and from the title documents, never from a fence, a ditch or a long habit of use. If the register holds no coordinates for your parcel, I say so at once instead of taking the order: staking points by guesswork is not a service I sell.
In the field I begin by looking for the control points of the geodetic network or another permitted base, compare them against each other and tie my measurements to that base. Only after that do the turning points of the parcel appear on the ground. Each one is fixed in the way the soil and the season allow: a wooden peg with a painted head in a garden, a length of reinforcing bar in heavy ground, a nail with a washer in asphalt or concrete. Every mark is photographed and measured off to stable objects nearby, a house corner, a well, a pole, so that a point pulled out by a plough or a machine can be restored quickly and without a second full survey.
Most calls come because a fence stands off the line, and here I am precise about my role. A surveyor stakes the points and shows where the boundary runs according to the register, but a surveyor does not resolve disputes. A disagreement between neighbours is settled by an agreement between them or by a court, and no act of staking replaces either of those. What I hand over is measured fact: the position of the points, the size and direction of the offset of the fence, a drawing and an act signed on site. My consultation on a contested boundary stays inside that frame, I explain what the measurements and the registered data show and what they do not show. Neighbours are notified politely and in advance where local rules ask for it, and I am glad when they attend, because a mark set in front of everyone is argued about far less often.
What the work includes:
— check of the register extract and title documents before the visit;
— search for control points and tie-in to a permitted base;
— staking of all turning points of the parcel;
— fixing with pegs, reinforcing bar or nails, with photographs of each mark;
— sketch with distances to stable objects for later restoration;
— act of staking with signatures and a plan of the mark positions;
— repeat staking of lost marks at a reduced rate.
Timing is usually a few working days from the moment the documents are in hand. Heavy rain, deep snow or dense growth along the boundary line move the field day, and I warn about that in advance rather than afterwards. The work is carried out by a performer entitled to such work under the local rules. I provide measurements, a drawing and an act, not legal advice.
In the field I begin by looking for the control points of the geodetic network or another permitted base, compare them against each other and tie my measurements to that base. Only after that do the turning points of the parcel appear on the ground. Each one is fixed in the way the soil and the season allow: a wooden peg with a painted head in a garden, a length of reinforcing bar in heavy ground, a nail with a washer in asphalt or concrete. Every mark is photographed and measured off to stable objects nearby, a house corner, a well, a pole, so that a point pulled out by a plough or a machine can be restored quickly and without a second full survey.
Most calls come because a fence stands off the line, and here I am precise about my role. A surveyor stakes the points and shows where the boundary runs according to the register, but a surveyor does not resolve disputes. A disagreement between neighbours is settled by an agreement between them or by a court, and no act of staking replaces either of those. What I hand over is measured fact: the position of the points, the size and direction of the offset of the fence, a drawing and an act signed on site. My consultation on a contested boundary stays inside that frame, I explain what the measurements and the registered data show and what they do not show. Neighbours are notified politely and in advance where local rules ask for it, and I am glad when they attend, because a mark set in front of everyone is argued about far less often.
What the work includes:
— check of the register extract and title documents before the visit;
— search for control points and tie-in to a permitted base;
— staking of all turning points of the parcel;
— fixing with pegs, reinforcing bar or nails, with photographs of each mark;
— sketch with distances to stable objects for later restoration;
— act of staking with signatures and a plan of the mark positions;
— repeat staking of lost marks at a reduced rate.
Timing is usually a few working days from the moment the documents are in hand. Heavy rain, deep snow or dense growth along the boundary line move the field day, and I warn about that in advance rather than afterwards. The work is carried out by a performer entitled to such work under the local rules. I provide measurements, a drawing and an act, not legal advice.
