Posted by domino on November 5, 2003, 10:37 pm
I am hoping someone is familiar with this.
We are starting drawing up plans with an architect for a home remodel.
He has told us that we need to do a land survey before we get too far
into it to understand setbacks, height restrictions etc.
We just got the cost estimate from the civil engineer at it is
$2600.00. Does this seem reasonable? They are just doing external
elevations. I do not have a reference for any of this.
We are in Southern California if that makes any difference!!
Thanks for any information that you can share.
domino
Posted by user on November 6, 2003, 9:19 am
> I am hoping someone is familiar with this.
>
> We are starting drawing up plans with an architect for a home remodel.
> He has told us that we need to do a land survey before we get too far
> into it to understand setbacks, height restrictions etc.
>
> We just got the cost estimate from the civil engineer at it is
> $2600.00. Does this seem reasonable? They are just doing external
> elevations. I do not have a reference for any of this.
>
> We are in Southern California if that makes any difference!!
>
> Thanks for any information that you can share.
Holy cow. When we did ours, prior to a remodel last year, it cost
us $270.00.
Does your survey come on vellum sheets, lovingly illuminated by
monks who have been toiling for decades to perfect their craft? ;-)
Posted by someone on November 6, 2003, 12:02 pm
>> I am hoping someone is familiar with this.
>>
>> We are starting drawing up plans with an architect for a home remodel.
>> He has told us that we need to do a land survey before we get too far
>> into it to understand setbacks, height restrictions etc.
>>
>> We just got the cost estimate from the civil engineer at it is
>> $2600.00. Does this seem reasonable? They are just doing external
>> elevations. I do not have a reference for any of this.
>>
>> We are in Southern California if that makes any difference!!
>>
>> Thanks for any information that you can share.
> Holy cow. When we did ours, prior to a remodel last year, it cost
> us $270.00.
> Does your survey come on vellum sheets, lovingly illuminated by
> monks who have been toiling for decades to perfect their craft? ;-)
I think the OP was talking about having a surveyor go out and stake the
property lines within 1/4" on the actual land. I think you are
talking about getting a paper survey done which says "yep, you own
that many feet in that general area".
The OP's price seems a *little* high but since he didn't specify
the terrain or the size of the lot its well within reason for
a land survey. Your price sounds about right for a paper survey.
Posted by user on November 6, 2003, 1:44 pm
wrote:
>>> I am hoping someone is familiar with this.
>>>
>>> We are starting drawing up plans with an architect for a home remodel.
>>> He has told us that we need to do a land survey before we get too far
>>> into it to understand setbacks, height restrictions etc.
>>>
>>> We just got the cost estimate from the civil engineer at it is
>>> $2600.00. Does this seem reasonable? They are just doing external
>>> elevations. I do not have a reference for any of this.
>>>
>>> We are in Southern California if that makes any difference!!
>>>
>>> Thanks for any information that you can share.
>
>> Holy cow. When we did ours, prior to a remodel last year, it cost
>> us $270.00.
>
>> Does your survey come on vellum sheets, lovingly illuminated by
>> monks who have been toiling for decades to perfect their craft? ;-)
>
>
>
> I think the OP was talking about having a surveyor go out and stake the
> property lines within 1/4" on the actual land. I think you are
> talking about getting a paper survey done which says "yep, you own
> that many feet in that general area".
>
> The OP's price seems a *little* high but since he didn't specify
> the terrain or the size of the lot its well within reason for
> a land survey. Your price sounds about right for a paper survey.
No, this was to have a an official survey, and peg the lot
corners.
And it's in NY, which is not known for being cheap for
anything other than milk and apples. ;-)
Maybe it was easier because we have a benchmark about 3 feet from
the property line, but I can't imagine it makes THAT much
difference.
Posted by v on November 6, 2003, 4:15 pm
On 5 Nov 2003 19:37:10 -0800, someone wrote:
>..... They are just doing external
>elevations.
Do you know what you just said?
Check it again. Do you know what "doing an elevation" means? Are you
referring to the LAND or the BUILDING? You may be talking about far
more than just the usual "mortgage survey" where they find the corners
of the LAND, and put in only the most minimal box outline of the
building.
If you are running into height limits, you probably do need to measure
the building, and NOT just horizontally around the foundation
perimeter like on a mortgage survey. Drawing "elevations" of a
building is a significant project. Is that what you are getting?
-v.
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> We are starting drawing up plans with an architect for a home remodel.
> He has told us that we need to do a land survey before we get too far
> into it to understand setbacks, height restrictions etc.
>
> We just got the cost estimate from the civil engineer at it is
> $2600.00. Does this seem reasonable? They are just doing external
> elevations. I do not have a reference for any of this.
>
> We are in Southern California if that makes any difference!!
>
> Thanks for any information that you can share.