Boundary survey
A licensed surveyor's map showing exact property lines, structures, and any encroachments. Some lenders require one, and some buyers order one to know exactly where the lines fall.
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Part 1 of 4
Why a seller cares
A survey draws the lines and shows what crosses them: a shed, a fence, a driveway. Some lenders want one, and what it finds can become a title objection you are asked to clear.
Part 2 of 4
A simple example
The buyer orders a survey. It shows your neighbor's fence eighteen inches onto your lot, and your shed six inches over the rear line.
| What the survey finds | What tends to follow |
|---|---|
| The neighbor's fence on your side | Often nothing, or a written agreement for the file |
| Your shed over the rear line | Move it, or an agreement with that neighbor, before closing |
| Clean lines | The survey goes in the file and the title policy is issued without exception |
A survey turns guesses about the line into a drawing the title company reads.
Part 3 of 4
What people get wrong
That the old survey from your purchase still answers the question. Fences, sheds and neighbors change; the lender wants a current one.
Part 4 of 4 · where to read next
Where it appears in the sale
What a definition is, and what it isn't
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