Florida Real Estate Blog

Surveys identify your property corners and confirms the legal description of your land. If you will add any structures to your home you will need an official survey(not a copy). It will be provided to your County building division for a building permit it may also be needed with your Home Owners association. Yes this will be needed even if you just want to place a shed or a fence in your back yard.

It will also save you major headaches if there is a fence currently around your home. You will want to know who owns what part of the fence ( it will help clarify when it is time to replace the fence). We suggest you take digital photos of each corner with the flag in place. The flag identifies where the Rebarb is buried. That is your actual corner, usually about 3 to 6” below ground level. So the photo will remind you where to start digging.

So the Title Company or the Lawyer handling your closing will be asking you if you want a survey done. Normally you have no choice your lender will require it. If they do not (check with them first) we still recommend you do it. It will also identify if you are in a Flood Zone or not.