New Construction in West Hills, Set Out From the Property Corners
New Construction in West Hills that starts by finding the property corners and measuring every fence and wall against them before the house is priced.
We find the property corners before a new West Hills house is quoted. A licensed surveyor sets or recovers the monuments, and we measure from them to every fence, wall and hedge along the lines. Fences drift over time, and a house planned to a fence can end up inside a setback. If the lot slopes, we also note where a wall at the line retains soil, since that wall may belong to the neighbor.
Lines, walls and easements
A boundary survey shows the record lines, and a title report lists easements that may cross the lot for sewer, storm drain or power. An easement can block a footing or a pool, so both documents get read before measuring. Where a block wall sits on the line or across it, its footing may reach under the new house area. A retaining wall at the line raises the questions of who maintains it and whether new footings will load it, and both belong in the design.
Setting the house out
Once the design is approved, the surveyor stakes the corners of the house with offsets so the stakes survive excavation. We check the staking against the plan dimensions before digging. After the footings are formed, another check confirms the forms sit where the survey says, because an error found after concrete is costly to correct. On a tight lot, LADBS may ask for a survey letter verifying setbacks at the foundation stage, and checking the stakes at each step keeps that letter routine.
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New Construction in West Hills: questions
A full boundary survey with recovered monuments leads, then topography and a soils report. Order a preliminary title report as well, since it lists easements the survey may not show. With those in hand, the architect knows exactly where the house can go.
Shared lines matter here. If the side yards are narrow and the neighbors' walls sit right at the line, equipment comes and goes through the front, and materials are staged on the street side. A pump for concrete and a smaller excavator are the likely answers, priced as their own items.
Yes, after the site plan is checked against the survey. A footprint that crowds a setback or lands on an easement costs money to redraw, so we raise it before the quote is finished and price the plan as drawn once it fits the lot.
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