What Does a Survey Cost?
A residential boundary survey on a platted lot costs $500–$1,200. Construction staking costs $500–$1,500 per visit; that range is for each visit, not the entire construction project.
What We Locate Near Your Property Lines
We locate improvements, easements, and encroachments, including fences, drives, and structures near the lines. If your concern is a fence or driveway, tell us which feature you want checked so we can address it in the survey work.
How We Mark Corners
For setting corners, we use iron rods, aluminum caps, and PK nails stamped with the surveyor’s license number. You can look for that stamped number when identifying the corner markers we set.
The Drawing You Receive
We draft the survey plat or map, and the licensed professional surveyor of record seals it. Where the state requires it, we file the record of survey with the county. We deliver the sealed drawing to you.
From First Call to Finished Job
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Reach Out
Tell us what you need done and when — you'll get a straight answer, not a sales pitch.
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We Walk the Job
We come out, look at the space, and confirm exactly what the job involves.
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Know the Price First
You get the scope and the price in writing before any work starts. No surprises.
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The Job, Done Right
We do the job right the first time, clean up after ourselves, and stand behind the work.
What this typically involves:
- Setting and stamping new corner markers where originals are missing, then flagging them so they're visible
- Locating improvements, easements, and encroachments — fences, drives, and structures near the lines
What It Typically Costs
These are planning ranges. Nothing is final until it is in writing.
$1200–$4000
FAQs
A survey establishes where the line legally sits based on the deeds and the monuments of record, and the sealed plat is the professional opinion a court relies on. It won't force your neighbor to agree, but it replaces guesswork with a defensible, licensed determination — which is usually what resolves the dispute or supports it if it goes further.
It's a form a licensed surveyor completes documenting your building's elevation relative to the base flood elevation. You'll need one to buy or reduce flood insurance in a mapped flood zone, or to support a Letter of Map Amendment if you believe your structure was mapped into a floodplain by mistake.
Yes. Where corners are missing we set stamped iron rods or caps carrying the surveyor's license number, and we flag them so you can find them. The markers are part of the record — moving or destroying them is both a practical problem and, in most states, against the law.
No. A phone's GPS is accurate to several feet at best and isn't tied to your deed or the corner monuments, so the lines those apps draw are approximate and carry no legal weight. Survey-grade GNSS fixes a point to the centimeter against a reference network — a different instrument for a different job.
The property address and, if you have them, a copy of your deed, any prior survey, and your title commitment. Access to walk the property helps, and if there's a specific reason for the survey — a fence, a sale, a building permit — telling us up front lets us scope it right the first time.
Price tracks the work, not the lot size alone. A clean platted lot with good corners is quick; a parcel with missing monuments, conflicting deeds, heavy tree cover, or a metes-and-bounds description takes far more research and field time. We quote after we see the deed and the record, so the number is real.
Usually yes, and often the permit requires it. Building to an assumed line is how encroachment problems start — a fence a foot over the line can cloud a future sale. A current boundary survey shows exactly where you can build and keeps the improvement on your own ground.
More Questions We Hear
It's marking the site so the contractor builds in the right place — offset stakes for the foundation, grade stakes for elevations, and layout for utilities, all set from the engineered plans. It's done in stages as the job progresses, which is why it's usually quoted per visit rather than as one flat fee.
Communities We Cover
We cover Medford, MA. Call (781) 628-7809 to confirm coverage for your address.
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Where We Stand Before You Call
- Free Estimates
- You get straight answers before you spend a dollar.
- The same crew every visit
- One team that gets to know your property.
Need help today? Call (781) 628-7809.
Updated October 2026