Independent land surveying
Where the line actually is, written down
Nurbek Kulbaev measures ground: boundaries located and marked, slopes and levels recorded, drawings set out on site, and what was built measured again afterwards. Every job leaves behind a drawing and a plain note of how accurate it is.
Six jobs that come up most
Each of them answers one question about a piece of ground. The enquiry decides which question matters, and the quote is written for that one.
Boundary survey
The limits of a plot located from the registered documents and the evidence on the ground, then marked so a fence or a wall can be built against something real.
Topographic survey
Levels, contours, trees, kerbs, manholes and anything else already standing, measured so a designer can draw on top of the ground as it is rather than as it is assumed.
Setting out
The drawing moved onto the site: corners, axes and levels pegged where the structure has to stand, and checked again before the concrete is poured.
As-built survey
What was really built, measured and drawn after the fact, including the places where it drifted from the plan, so the record matches the thing instead of the intention.
Levels and volumes
Cut and fill measured before and after the machines work, so the quantity invoiced for earthworks is a figure somebody can check rather than a figure somebody offered.
Site plans for applications
A measured plan drawn to scale from the survey, in the form a planning or permit file asks for, with the date and the method of measurement stated on the sheet.
From the first message to the stamped drawing
Five steps. A small plot runs through them in a week; a long site runs through them more than once.
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What you need measured
You describe the plot and what the measurement is for: a fence, a design, a permit file, a dispute about where something stands, or a quantity to be checked. Any plan or title document you already hold helps.
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Written quote and method
A short document says what will be measured, how, to what accuracy, what you will receive and what it costs. Access, keys and any permission needed are agreed here, in writing, before a date is fixed.
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Fieldwork
The instrument work on site, tied to known points so the result can be repeated by somebody else. Markers are set where the quote said they would be, and photographed where they are.
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Processing and drawing
The raw observations are adjusted and turned into a drawing. Anything that did not close cleanly is re-measured rather than smoothed over, and the checks are kept with the file.
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Delivery
The drawing, the coordinate list and a short report arrive by email, with the date of measurement, the reference system and the accuracy written on the sheet so the next person knows what they are holding.
What leaves with you, and what does not
Written here so neither side has to assume it.
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A drawing in editable formThe plan as a CAD file and as a PDF printed to a stated scale, so it can be used in a design and also handed to someone who only has a printer.
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The coordinate listEvery measured point with its number and its height, in the reference system named in the quote, so another surveyor can pick the work up without starting again.
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A short written reportDate of measurement, instrument and method, the control used, the accuracy reached and anything on site that made a measurement harder than usual.
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Markers and photographsPegs or marks left where the quote said, each photographed in position, so they can be found again after a month of weather or machinery.
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One person throughoutThe person who answers the enquiry is the person on the tripod and the person drawing the result. Nothing is passed to a subcontractor without telling you first.
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Your data stays yoursMeasurements are used for your job and are not published, resold or passed to a neighbour, a buyer or anyone else without your written instruction.
What is outside this work
- No legal opinion on who owns what. A measurement shows where a line falls; a title is settled by lawyers and by the register, not by a drawing.
- No representation in a dispute and no expert testimony in court.
- No soil investigation, no boreholes and no structural or geotechnical assessment.
- No architectural or engineering design. The survey is the ground the design sits on.
- No permit obtained on your behalf; the drawing is prepared for the file, which you or your designer submit.
- Nothing is sold or paid for on this website, and no card details or document numbers are collected here.
Asked before most site visits
If the question you have is not below, the request page is where to put it.
- What do I need to have ready?
- Whatever paper exists: a title document, an old plan, a permit drawing, even a sketch from a neighbour. None of it is required to start, but each one shortens the fieldwork and sharpens the result.
- How long does a survey take?
- A small plot is usually a morning on site and a day of drawing. A long or overgrown site takes longer, and the quote says which it is before anyone sets out.
- Will the corners be physically marked?
- Yes, when the quote includes marking. Pegs or marks are set, photographed in place and listed with coordinates, so they can be recovered if something moves them.
- Can you work from an old plan instead of visiting?
- No. An old plan is evidence, not a measurement. It is read carefully and then checked against the ground, because ground is where fences, walls and slopes actually are.
- Does weather stop the work?
- Heavy rain, deep snow and poor visibility do. A date lost to weather is moved once at no cost, and you are told the same day rather than afterwards.
- How quickly is an enquiry answered?
- Enquiries arrive by email and are read by the person who would do the survey, so the reply is written by hand and arrives one at a time.
Have a plot that needs measuring?
Say where it is, roughly how big it is and what the measurement is for. You get a written quote with a method and an accuracy, not a sales call.