Well, I do have to give them credit…they said theyd be there today and…they were there today.
Apparently two of the corners aren’t an issue but they’re having to work a bit on the remaining two. I’m hoping this is all wrapped up by Friday so I can go up there this weekend and look at my lovely new property borders.
Excellent progress! I hope you had your surveyor drop some pins along the property lines and not just at the corners? They come in handy when trying to get a straight line between corners for marking or fence building.
Either way, I would suggest pounding in 6′ T-posts wherever pins were dropped by the surveyor. This will ensure you can find them for years to come.
Sink a steel fence post about a foot underground
Near the final marker is placed. This will allow you to use a metal detector to find the location again. Just in case the marker is “accidentally “ pulled up.
You may actually lose/gain acreage (vs what is claimed in your property tax assessment) based on the survey. If you gain, you’ll pay more in property taxes but you’ll be able to claim the higher acreage if you ever sell. If you lose, make sure you get it recognized by the assessor and you’ll save a little each year in property taxes. Property traxes in ID for forest land is so low that we always hope for an acreage gain. It’s worth it for us to pay a little more each year in property taxes in exchange for having “extra acres” to sell someday.
Talked a bit with a guy who was doing property surveying for construction work within cities. He was a drone pilot. The drone would fill the bed of a full size pickup when fully assembled for flight, and fit inside the rear crew seating when broken down for handling/storage. Had to be a trained/licensed aircraft pilot to legally fly it, mostly to know how to interact with general aviation and airliners that might be flying in his area of work, IIRC. He stated that he was monitoring the position and size of everything that was being added to the property, making sure the work was being done correctly. All using GPS. I would expect that his setup would work for land surveying, to direct a person on the ground for marking location purposes. I have a vague memory that the drone ran about $22k to purchase. He was invited to work in Japan, so not available for questions.