Purpose of a Survey
The purpose of specific surveys varies with the circumstances. The purpose of the most common survey is to show the new purchaser what his deed describes. No survey shows you what you own. Ownership (called <i>title</i>) is the concern of the Title Companys. They insure ownership and use of what you buy. And they're very specific. Surveyors take that very specific decscription of what's being insured and show you that. We show you exactly where the boundarys of what you're insuring are. We show you what permanant structures are on it. We show what structures cross those boundaries. We show phyisical evidence of those boundaries, or alternate boundaries. A survey is not a replacement for visual inspection or for a title search. It does not concern itself with value or potential permanance. Those things take an appraisal.