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Your fence is not your property boundary! Your wall is not your legal boundary. A wall or fence is a physical structure that is used to mark the boundary between adjoining properties, but it is not equivalent to the legal property boundary. Apart from making sure that the wall or fence is compliant with local …

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Survey for the design of a new family farm house positioned on a rocky ridge on a farm in the Maclear district. NPM Geomatics uses a range of hi-tech digital measuring instruments including 3D laser scanners, survey grade GNSS systems, total station theodolites and levels to execute surveys for our clients. The survey will define …

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Land surveying with a drone offers enormous potential for the rapid mapping features and obtaining visual and topographic data, reasonably quickly and safely. With a drone one is able to carry out topographic surveys of reasonable quality, and in a fraction of time. This is turn reduces the workload of specialists in the field and …

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It is always better to start off knowing where your property boundaries are before you buy or build, rather than having to resolve an expensive encroachment later. Complications with banks and neighbours can arise when boundaries are ignored. You would therefore prefer to save both time and money by making sure that the boundaries and …

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Your choice of service provider should be a carefully considered one. Choosing the right team from the start ensures that your planned project can proceed smoothly until final completion. Professional Land Surveyors have all completed a rigorous 4 year university degree, followed by a 2 year candidacy (articles) period. During articles, the candidate works under …

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Land surveying is an ancient and sometimes mystical practice – at least to the lay-person. Just how does the land surveyor decide where a missing property beacon should be replaced? Or on what basis does the land surveyor decide whether a wall or fence dividing two properties is in the correct position or not? Rooted …

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