Topographic Survey in Melrose, MA

In every state, only a licensed Professional Land Surveyor can locate and certify a boundary. A recorded plat shows the intended dimensions, but it doesn't tell you where the corners actually sit on the ground, that takes field measurement tied to the monuments of record. A signed, sealed survey is what a lender, title company, or court will accept.

Most residential lots take a few hours in the field once the research is done, but the whole job usually runs one to three weeks start to finish, record research, scheduling the field crew, computing the boundary, and drafting the sealed plat all take time. Acreage and parcels with conflicting deeds take longer.

A boundary survey locates and marks your property lines. An ALTA/NSPS survey is a detailed standard used for commercial real-estate deals, it adds easements, improvements, and specific 'Table A' items that lenders and title insurers require. An ALTA is more thorough and costs more because it shows far more detail.

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.