Buying Land? Hire A Surveyor To Check The Property Boundaries First

Buying land is a huge investment. It doesn't matter if you're buying the land for domestic purposes, commercial development or plain value speculation. As long you are going to seriously consider paying a huge amount of money for any piece of land, you should hire a property surveyor first. They will carry out a verification process that will ensure due diligence has been observed in the purchase, and in so doing, safeguard your investment. Read on to learn more.

How it's done

A surveyor will first examine the land title and verify whether it is genuine or not. Having a rich experience in this sector, they know what to look for to distinguish true copies from forgeries.

Next, they will use special equipment to plot the land location as per the title and the local registry maps. In this process, the surveyor will seek to determine if the land shown on the ground is the same as that recorded in the registry and documented in the property title.

Once the property surveyor has determined that the land is as indicated, he/she will then plot the property boundaries to ensure that they, too, are as noted in the registry records.

Why it's important

The importance of using a land surveyor during your property purchase process cannot be emphasised enough. The process will help you in a number of ways. These are:

• Avoid being duped into buying the wrong property. A land surveyor will ascertain if the property you are looking into is owned by the prospective buyer and whether it is as shown on the ground.
• Avoid buying a property that has been made to appear larger than it is. By verifying the property boundaries, the land surveyor will save you from buying a property whose dimensions have been altered illegally. You will know exactly how large the land measures right from the start. This can save you from paying more than you ought to during purchase. It can also save you from fencing the wrong areas and having to later remove the installed fence.
• Avoid getting into property disputes with your neighbours. Again, by knowing the precise boundaries of your property, you will avoid getting into frequent disputes with your neighbour(s) and probably having to seek a costly and time-consuming redress of the matter through a court or tribunal.

Overall, land surveyors will save you money, time, and peace of mind during the conveyancing process.