Category: Determining Property Lines

Home Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Building a shed on your property

During the lockdown and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s rather easy to become stir crazy. If you have a home, and you’re looking to do some home projects to keep yourself busy, here are some suggestions. Obviously, if you’ve been meaning to get some of these projects done for some time now, why… Read more »

The Importance of Illustrations in Land Surveys

Neighborhood mapping

Land surveying encompasses many different tasks for a surveyor, especially considering different situations. A professional land surveyor like BLAZE Design Inc. will have to do some research, especially when it involves boundaries and easements.. There will be a description of the property. Along with the description, a map is quite important in the land surveying process. The… Read more »

Different Types of Land Surveys

construction layout during land surveying

Land Surveying is an important subject, especially if you’re a homeowner, you’re building a home, or you’re in construction. There are many different things that go into surveys. All of them are important and vital for different reasons. Here are some that you should be paying attention to: Boundary Survey – A boundary survey with… Read more »

Detached Garage Addition and Land Surveying

Detached garage addition and land surveying

Building a detached garage or other outbuilding on your property has many great benefits to your home. It grants you more space for cars and storage. It also gives you the option to turn the current attached garage into another convenient space for your home. One thing you must consider with an addition, like a… Read more »

Building a Shed on Your Property

shed in residential backyard

Your house is getting cluttered, and your garage is getting piled up with yard tools.  You’re looking to clean up your house and get rid of some junk that you don’t need.  A shed in your backyard might be the best solution to store items you don’t need in your house or garage.  Before you… Read more »

Building a Home and Land Surveying

family getting land survey before new build

You have land, and you want to build a new home on it. The first thing you need to do is acquire a land survey before starting to build. It’s a complicated process when you have the desire to build on your land, especially a new house. Why Land Surveying is Important A Land surveyor… Read more »

When Land is Transferred, Land Surveying Should be Done

Land surveying before transferring land

When a transfer of land is taken place, it is always good to hire a land surveyor in case of any changes were made to the land. A new survey done by a licensed professional clearly outlines the current legal description of the land. What does a land survey cover? Land surveys define the boundaries… Read more »

What You Need to Know Before Putting Up a Fence

Land surveying helps determine where your property lies

Putting up a fence in your yard can be a difficult decision at times because you want some privacy in your life, but you don’t want to come off the wrong way as a neighbor, or maybe you do.  You will have to consider some things before you do so, which includes land surveying. Reasons… Read more »

Is the Estate ‘Real’? Why to Survey When Buying or Selling a Home

After enduring some struggles over the course of the last decade, the housing market is in excellent shape right now. In fact, according to one CNBC report that was released at the end of March, the seller’s market is stronger than it has been in years at the moment and many real estate agents are… Read more »

The Four Norths

In order to obtain accurate measurements across a wide variety of topographic features, surveyors look to not just one, but four norths, each of which denotes a different direction and point of reference. Many people outside of the profession don’t realize just how flexible the term “north” really is. Rather than referring to just one… Read more »