Residential Surveying

We provide survey work for residential homes, townhomes, and vacant lots

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Land surveys for residential homes

Everything you need, from surveying a lot for a home loan/refinancing, marking property lines, or getting flood or elevation certificates

We have decades of experience working on residential surveys. We are familiar with the local area and have extensive knowledge and history of the landscape. If you find that your home or residential lot requires some survey work, we are here to help. See our most commonly requested types of residential survey work here.

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Our Technology

Our crews utilize state-of-the-art survey equipment. In addition to our office being a permanent GPS base station, we employ the latest Trimble Total Station technology in our work across the Emerald Coast. Our drafting team employs Autodesk Civil 3D to produce a variety of surveys. They also prepare FEMA elevation certificates and Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA).

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Key Services

Mortgage/Refinance

A survey performed to locate and show, horizontally and/or vertically, constructed improvements such, as but not limited to, a foundation, fence, driveway, or shed.

A survey, whose primary purpose is to locate and show boundary lines, or any one of them, of a parcel of land by finding, locating, or resetting property corners. A boundary survey locates and shows fixed improvements such as, but not limited to, a residence, shed, pool, or driveway. A boundary survey can divide a parcel of land or plat a parcel of land.

Hydrographic Survey Work

A survey whose principal purpose relates to bodies of water which may include, but not limited to, water depth, configuration of the bottom, and location of fixed objects on or under water

Rights to use or have ingress/egress to navigable waters. Typically referring to rivers or streams. Does not give title or ownership of the land beneath the water but does give rights to use access the water of said lands.

Rights to use or have ingress/egress to navigable waters. Typically referring to tidal bodies of water or lakes. Does not give title or ownership of the land beneath the water but does give rights to use access the water of said lands.

A type of hydrographic survey that shows the boundary lines of a submerged land lease from the State of Florida.  They may show overwater structures if needed. Submerged land leases extend from the Mean High Water Line (MHWL) seaward.

Property Boundary Survey Work

Field work only, can include marking for a fence

A survey, whose primary purpose is to locate and show boundary lines, or any one of them, of a parcel of land by finding, locating, or resetting property corners. A boundary survey locates and shows fixed improvements such as, but not limited to, a residence, shed, pool, or driveway. A boundary survey can divide a parcel of land or plat a parcel of land.

A survey performed to locate and show, horizontally and/or vertically, constructed improvements such, as but not limited to, a foundation, fence, driveway, or shed.

KEY SERVICES

New Home Construction/Additions

A survey, whose primary purpose is to locate and show boundary lines, or any one of them, of a parcel of land by finding, locating, or resetting property corners. A boundary survey locates and shows fixed improvements such as, but not limited to, a residence, shed, pool, or driveway. A boundary survey can divide a parcel of land or plat a parcel of land.

A survey that shows natural or man-made features horizontally and vertically.

Labels trees with trunk dimensions

Field work to show which portion of a parcel of land needs to be cleared

A specific purpose survey that shows where proposed construction may lie on a parcel of land

A preconstruction elevation certificate to show the elevation of proposed construction

Field work to show the exact location of proposed construction

A survey that shows a newly constructed foundation as it lies on a parcel. It typically shows the finished floor elevation. It is also known as an As-Built Survey

An elevation certificate performed during construction 

A survey that shows finished construction conditions

An elevation certificate that is performed when construction is complete or on an existing structure

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