Why Property Survey Cost Can Increase for Irregular-Shaped Lots

Aerial view of an irregular-shaped wooded property with survey boundary lines over rolling hills and a creek, illustrating factors that can increase property survey costs

If you develop land, you already know surveys are not one-price-fits-all. Two lots can be the same size and still cost very differently to survey. The shape of the land is often the reason why. Knoxville sits at the edge of the Appalachians. Many parcels here follow ridgelines, wrap around hills, or run along creek […]

Boundary Survey Cost Factors That Surprise First-Time Land Buyers

Land surveyor measuring a vacant rural property to estimate boundary survey cost

More people are buying land across Tennessee right now, especially in rural and growing suburban areas. Many of these buyers have never bought raw land before. They are used to home purchases, where a survey is often a simple, predictable step. Vacant land does not always work that way. Site conditions can shift the price […]

Land Surveying: Estimating the Cost

Land surveying, in short, is the science and art of establishing or re-establishing property corners, property lines and/or boundaries. There are different reasons why someone wants a lot surveyed. Essentially the most common is to check if a piece of land is vulnerable to flooding, to subdivide a property to sell or to determine if […]