Residential Land Survey Before Building Near a Wetland Edge

Residential land survey equipment overlooking a construction site beside a wetland, showing site planning near a protected wetland buffer before home construction

Wetlands sit quietly at the edge of a lot until someone tries to build too close to them. Then they become the reason a permit stalls, or a foundation shifts ten feet to the left of the original plan. If a residential land survey is part of your pre-construction checklist near a wetland, the wetland […]

Why Viral Property Maps Fail Without a Property Line Survey

Online property map overlay showing why a property line survey is needed to confirm true residential boundaries

Over the past few days, Minneapolis has seen a surge of map screenshots shared across social media. People are posting parcel outlines, zoomed-in boundary lines, and aerial views to explain what they believe is happening on the ground. At first glance, those images look official. They feel factual. They even appear precise. However, that confidence […]