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Know exactly what you own, corner to corner.
A property survey is a measurement of your land that shows exactly where it begins and ends. If you have ever stood in the back yard and wondered how far back the lot really goes, or which side of the tree line belongs to you, a property survey is what answers the question. Most homeowners call it a property survey. In the surveying trade the same job is called a boundary survey, and the two terms describe the same core work: a licensed surveyor determines your true property lines and marks them on the ground. If you want the technical side of how that determination gets made, our boundary survey page walks through the deed research, the corner monuments, and the signed plat.
It helps to know what a property survey is not. It is not the parcel map on your county's website, the aerial photo on a real estate listing, or the sketch attached to an appraisal. Those are fine for a general sense of shape and acreage, but none of them were measured on the ground, and none are precise enough to build against. County GIS maps in particular are drawn for tax assessment and can sit a surprising distance off the real line. A property survey is field work: actual measurements taken on your land by a licensed Georgia surveyor.
From your side, the job is straightforward. You call and describe the property, and we handle the records research before anyone drives out. A crew then works the parcel, locating the corners of your lot and measuring the lines that run between them. When the field work is finished, your corners are physically marked so you can walk out and find them yourself. You also receive a survey drawing, signed and sealed by a licensed Georgia surveyor, which is the document lenders, closing attorneys, permit offices, and fence contractors ask to see. If that drawing looks like a foreign language when it lands in your inbox, our guide on how to read a survey plat explains what the numbers and symbols mean.
S&S Land Surveying works out of 549 West Ave in Cedartown and covers northwest Georgia and the wider metro Atlanta region, including Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson, Douglas, and Gordon counties. The company was founded at the end of 2021 by William "Bart" Sims, who brings more than 40 years of surveying experience, and it carries a 4.9 star rating across 50+ Google reviews. If you are not certain whether your situation calls for a survey, call 678-873-3119 and describe it. Estimates are free.
Founder William "Bart" Sims has been surveying land for more than four decades.
Property owners across northwest Georgia rate us 4.9 out of 5 on Google.
Your survey is signed and sealed by a surveyor licensed by the state of Georgia.
Based in Cedartown, covering Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson, Douglas, and Gordon counties.
Property survey cost depends on the property itself. The main factors are the size of the parcel, how many corners it has, how much of it is wooded or difficult to walk, how far back the deed history has to be traced, and whether markers from an earlier survey are still in the ground. Two lots on the same street can come out differently for those reasons. S&S Land Surveying provides free estimates, so call 678-873-3119 with the address and we can tell you what your property involves.
In practice there is no difference. Property survey is the term most homeowners use, and boundary survey is the term surveyors, lenders, and title professionals use, but both describe the same work: determining the legal limits of a parcel, marking the corners, and documenting the result on a signed plat. You may also hear it called a property line survey or a land survey. If you ask us for a property survey, you are asking for a boundary survey.
Georgia does not require a survey on every residential purchase, and some closings go through without one. A survey is still the only way to confirm before closing that the acreage matches the listing, that the fence and driveway sit where they appear to sit, and that no structure crosses a property line or a setback. Once the deed is in your name, anything wrong on the ground becomes yours to deal with. Ask your lender and closing attorney whether they require one, and order it early enough to have it in hand before closing.
It depends on the property. A small, open residential lot with existing markers takes less field time than a large, wooded, or irregularly shaped tract, and the records research behind the survey varies with how complicated the deed history turns out to be. Weather and county record access play a part as well. Call 678-873-3119 with your address and we can give you a realistic picture for your specific property.
You receive two things. On the ground, your property corners are marked with monuments and flagging so you can locate them yourself. On paper, you receive a plat signed and sealed by a licensed Georgia surveyor showing the corners, the direction and length of each property line, the acreage, and the location of significant features such as buildings, drives, and fences. That plat is the document you hand to a lender, a closing attorney, a permit office, or a fence contractor.
A property survey is often the starting point for other work on the same parcel: