Land Survey To Install Boundary Markers

[Woof999]

We are having our land surveyed at the end of next week. The paperwork we have been given lists some tools that we need to provide, and work that must already have been done to make the surveyors job easier.

 

The tools seem to include 4 shovels... has anyone gone through this process recently and can confirm that this is really a requirement. Was there anything else you needed to provide?

 

The paperwork also seems to suggest that the boundaries need to have been cleared. This will be rather awkward, as much of the boundary is tree covered. Again, any ideas as to work that should have been done before they come? I don't want to have to pay twice and they are also booked up months in advance, so a delay would be rather awkward.

 

I'm thinking of have a mini digger (5 ton or so) on site for the day in case some clearing is needed.

 

Thanks.

[Yellowtail]

Is the perimeter of the area clear? I do not remember having to provide anything, but it was a clear lot. 

[Woof999]

26 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Is the perimeter of the area clear? I do not remember having to provide anything, but it was a clear lot. 

 

No, it has trees, quite a few of them. The perimeter is in the region of 700 metres and I want most of the trees on it to remain.

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

 

No, it has trees, quite a few of them. The perimeter is in the region of 700 metres and I want most of the trees on it to remain.

Do you know what boundaries are? Is it a rectangle? The surveyor will need clear areas around the corners, and as I remember, line of sight corner to corner. 

 

 

[Woof999]

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Do you know what boundaries are? Is it a rectangle? The surveyor will need clear areas around the corners, and as I remember, line of sight corner to corner. 

 

 

 

Yes it's rectangular (almost). Corner to corner line of sight is kind of a catch 22 situation. I don't know what the boundaries are until they place the markers, so doing it beforehand might mean I'm clearing trees from someone else's land.

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, Woof999 said:

 

Yes it's rectangular (almost). Corner to corner line of sight is kind of a catch 22 situation. I don't know what the boundaries are until they place the markers, so doing it beforehand might mean I'm clearing trees from someone else's land.

I would have the shovels and plan on doing it twice it need be. Are you putting up a boundary of some kind? It's pretty cheap, yes? 

[Woof999]

19 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I would have the shovels and plan on doing it twice it need be. Are you putting up a boundary of some kind? It's pretty cheap, yes? 

 

We'll be adding a boundary wall on the road side, about 100m wide. For the other 3 sides I want to put up barbed wire fencing initially and then at a later date a full wall that is set back roughly 1 metre from the barbed wire. Don't have the cash for a 700m wall yet without taking funds away from the house build.

[kickstart]

We had our land measured with new markers put in, and one side they were a lot of trees, on the boundary, but they were on our Neighbour's land with a lot overhanging on to our land, these trees were not touched.

I cannot see what difference  it makes the trees should not hinder the job at all   ,they  just used a theodolite and a tape measure  ,they only used my hammer just to put in some pegs to mark the boundary before putting in their boundary posts , if they is a tree in the way you would have thought, being practical ,just move the marker posts a foot ,especially if it is on a straight run ,if it was say in a in a corner ,then a tree might have to come out

When they did our land, they did the length of the land and a cross measurement.

You would have thought s they do this job all the time they should have they own shovels., and for digging holes a spade would be best, not a shovel.  

[Yellowtail]

6 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

 

We'll be adding a boundary wall on the road side, about 100m wide. For the other 3 sides I want to put up barbed wire fencing initially and then at a later date a full wall that is set back roughly 1 metre from the barbed wire. Don't have the cash for a 700m wall yet without taking funds away from the house build.

The roadside is clear, yes?  Once you get that line, it's easy to stake out the others if the surveyor can't. Then you can just clear what you need. 

 

Again, I would have the shovels and plan on doing it twice it need be. It's only like 6K, for them to come out, yes?

[Woof999]

13 minutes ago, kickstart said:

You would have thought s they do this job all the time they should have they own shovels

 

Lol yes, that's what I found incredibly funny. They do this job all day every day but don't even have a spade/

10 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

The roadside is clear, yes?

 

Pretty much. Would only take a couple of hours with a mini digger to totally clear it so I'll likely do that the day before.

 

9 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

It's only like 6K, for them to come out, yes?

 

There or there abouts, but doubled for an "express" service.