Surveys for Home Owners

Home owners will eventually be faced with the question: "Do I need a survey?". Often, the question comes up when you are considering buying a home, but it can also come up for a variety of other reasons, such as a need to determine property boundaries when building a fence.

There are three basic surveys that are available to the home owner.

Reference Plan
Reference Plans are legal documents filed with Registry Office that typically offer only the most basic information, such as boundary measurements. Plans are assigned a specific reference plan number.
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Surveyor's Real Property Report (SRPR)
A Surveyor's Real Property Report is also a legal document that offers significantly more information than a Reference Plan. It generally takes the form of an illustration of the various physical features of the property along with a written report highlighting the surveyor's opinion of any concerns.
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Boundary Survey
Boundary surveys are a less expensive alternative to the Surveyor's Real Property Report (SRPR).
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