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Toronto Property Boundaries
If you are a homeowner in Toronto, you likely place a lot of value on your home and on your land. You want to maximize your living space, and use your property to its fullest potential.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 21, 2015
How do I get a survey of my house?
You are selling or buying a house. Or you and your neighbour are stuck in a dispute over the location of the property line. Maybe, you’re simply looking to get a building permit from the city, and they require a legal property survey. Either way, you need to get a survey or your house.
Chris Kamarianakis | August 21, 2015
How do legal surveys help me in my boundary dispute?
Legal surveys are possibly the most under-valued and under-utilized documents in residential real estate. Homeowners pour over the type of flooring and window treatments, and take care to ensure the roof is sound and the furnace serviced.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Land survey records in GTA real estate
Whether you’re buying or selling, accessing land survey records for GTA residential properties has become a critical part of your research and preparation...
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
What is a legal survey?
A legal survey, in the context of land, is an official graphical representation of a piece of land prepared by an accredited land surveyor...
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Is a land survey record a survey plan?
If you need a quick answer, then, yes. A land survey record is a survey plan. However it’s more complex than that...
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Where do I find survey plans in Toronto?
So, you need survey plans for your Toronto property. Understanding what survey plans are is one thing. Knowing how to find one or get a new one is another matter. In this article we will try to help you navigate the process.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Krcmar Surveyors' land survey records collection is available online.
Land survey records is a term used to describe land survey plans. These documents are the printed (or electronic) outcome of a land survey being conducted by a licensed Ontario Land Surveyor...
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Land survey records help Markham homeowners
The town of Markham has enjoyed rapid growth over the past ten years. Originally a collection of quaint 19thCentury villages, Markham is today the fourth largest community in the Greater Toronto Area after Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton...
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Land survey records online can be a good alternative to a new survey.
When can you use an existing land survey record online versus getting a new survey? There is much debate about when it is appropriate to use existing land survey records as opposed to getting a new survey done of a property...
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Land Survey Records are an Essential Tool for Homeowners
Land survey records are possibly the most underrated and under-utilized resource by homeowners. Yet those “in the know”, like Toronto Star columnist and real estate lawyer, Bob Aaron, believe that the land survey is “the most important document in a real estate transaction”...
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
What is a land survey record and how is it created?
Land survey record is a term used to describe land survey plans. These documents are the printed (or electronic) outcome of a land survey being conducted by a licensed land surveyor in Canada.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Where do I Find Land Survey Records in Toronto?
The City of Toronto and its surrounding GTA regions have been through a significant growth phase since the mid-2000’s. Fuelled by an influx of new Canadians and the constraints placed on geographical expansion by the green belt,
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Land survey records online can be a good alternative to a new survey?
There is much debate about when it is appropriate to use existing land survey records as opposed to getting a new survey done of a property. For good reason.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
Where do I Find Land Survey Records in Toronto?
Land survey record is a term used to describe land survey plans. These documents are the printed (or electronic) outcome of a land survey being conducted by a licensed land surveyor in Canada.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | August 25, 2015
How do I find a copy of my survey plan?
Homeowners rarely think about their land survey plan until they have an urgent need for it. Most people, at that point, begin rummaging through files and boxes from when they bought their house in the hopes that a copy is still there.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | September 3, 2015
Notice of Application for First Registration Under Land Titles
You’ve received a package from a lawyer called, “Notice of Application For First Registration Under Land Titles”. What is it and what do you do?
By: Chris Kamarianakis | September 1, 2015
Unwin Murphy Esten Land Survey Records
Unwin Murphey and Esten Ltd. (UME) is an Ontario land survey firm that practiced from 1820 until 2001. In that time they created and acquired some 59,000 land survey records.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | September 3, 2015
Web Site for Survey Plans
Is there a website for survey plans? Survey plans are crucial documents for homeowners. However, they can often be difficult to locate. Thankfully, in certain regions like Toronto and the surrounding area, there is a website for survey plans where you can search by address and see what exists for your property.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | September 4, 2015
How long does a new survey plan take to complete?
A survey plan takes anywhere from two to six weeks to complete. An average residential property in the Greater toronto Area will take approximately four weeks.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | December 4, 2015
Where is my property line?
"Where is my property line?" It's a question commonly asked by homeowners who, having paid little attention to the actual location of their property boundary, are faced with the decision of where to build a fence, shed, deck or pool.
By: Chris Kamarianakis | December 10, 2015
What is a boundary survey?
A boundary survey is a service performed by a professional land surveyor that locates and confirms the boundary of a parcel of land, and its physical features and structures, in relation to that boundary.
Gillian Snaith | December 10, 2015
Protect Your Boundaries Inc. is a licensed member of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, and is entitled to provide cadastral surveying services to the public of the Province of Ontario in accordance with the provisions of the Surveyors Act R.S.O. 1990, Chapter S29.