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Why make the trek to the land registry office, when a new Canadian website lets you do it from home
Thinking of building a new fence or home addition? You’ll need an up-to-date survey of your property first to verify where your property lines are. You could make the trek to the land registry office, or, for between $150 to $400, instantly download a survey at the new Canadian website
protectyourboundaries.ca instead. “It’s about convenience,” says Chris Kamarianakis, executive director of the site. “A PDF file of the requested survey is delivered to your email account within seconds of your purchase.”
Right now, one million property surveys, mainly in Toronto, are available. But, notes Kamarianakis, the service will be expanding across Ontario and other major cities. Added value comes from the site’s learning centre, which includes tips on reading surveys, as well as access to surveying services and consultations. For instance, you can commission a surveyor to come out to your home and draw up a new survey for you for about $1,500. Or, if you simply have boundary issue questions, click on the “Talk to a Surveyor” tab and for $150, schedule a half hour of a surveyor’s time over Skype.
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If you’re putting up a fence or need to know where your boundary line is, DO NOT CALL SURVEY COMPANY…their price is outrageous unless you require legal documentation for a home addition. The survey they have on file may be useless for older homes
To find the property line estimate where it could be on the (4) corners, dig a shallow hole and with luck you may find it / or buy the proper metal detector and scanned
the approx. area and you should find the pins but do not disturb it. Take measurements for future references.