Survey Cost Estimation

Of course, our house's batter board was staked out according to the stakes from the foreman. Everyone does it like this here. The surveying of the standing house is based on the value of the house, fee schedule; the surveyor acts officially, and the fee is fixed. For us, it will be 920 euros. I am of the opinion that otherwise, for a developed, defined, surveyed plot with stakes or boundary stones, additional surveying costs are unnecessary because any trained bricklayer can set up a batter board. I had no further surveying costs. Karsten

Of course, our house string formwork was staked out according to the pegs by the foreman.

I believe we have already discussed this topic once. You were very lucky there. If something goes wrong, not even the construction company's insurance will cover it because this procedure is grossly negligent. How is the accuracy of the detailed staking supposed to be achieved if wooden pegs are used as a basis? The wooden pegs usually serve as a rough orientation so that you basically know where your property is. Therefore, the positional accuracy is about 1 dm, even if the pegs have not been altered by children, dogs, pranksters, or neighbors.

In my opinion, for a developed, defined, surveyed property with pegs or boundary stones, any further surveying costs are unnecessary because any trained mason can set up a string formwork.

If you trust a wooden peg as a clearly defined boundary point, you can do that. But for a project of 300k, saving 300€ for staking out, with the risk of having to tear out the foundation slab or more, or having to bear incalculable consequential costs due to undershooting the boundary distance, everyone must weigh this up for themselves.

I would now associate the above-mentioned 1-2 positions with it. Then I would only have to pay positions 3-4, right?

None of the mentioned positions are associated with it. It only means that the costs for subdividing the property are covered by the municipality. All surveying costs related to construction, such as the site plan for the building application, rough staking, detailed staking, building surveying, you must pay.

The surveying by the municipality is supposed to take place only after completion.

You did participate in the thread of . It is common that the marking of the boundaries only takes place after the completion of the roads.

According to the site plan, the development area consists of 2 parcels that cover the entire building area.

What do you mean by site plan? The extract from the land registry map or your site plan for the building application including the entry of your project? Do you already have a building permit?

I think we have already had this topic before. You were extremely lucky there. If something goes wrong, not even the construction company's insurance will be liable, because this procedure is grossly negligent. How is the accuracy of the fine staking to be achieved if it is based on wooden stakes? The wooden stakes usually serve as rough orientation, so that you even know where your property is located. Therefore, the positional accuracy is about 1 dm, even if the stakes have not been altered by children, dogs, pranksters, or neighbors.

If you trust a wooden stake as a clearly defined boundary point, you can do that. But for a project worth 300k to save 300€ on the staking, risking having to tear up the foundation slab or bearing incalculable consequential costs due to undershooting the boundary distance, everyone must weigh that for themselves.

None of the mentioned positions are connected with that. It only means that the costs for the division of the property are covered by the municipality. You have to pay all surveying costs related to the construction, such as the site plan for the building application, rough staking, fine staking, building surveying.

You did participate in the thread by .

It is common that the marking of the boundaries only takes place after the completion of the roads.

What do you mean by site plan? The extract from the cadastral map or your site plan for the building application with the entry of your project? Do you already have a building permit?

Which survey does the municipality mean here?

The marking of the property boundary.

The marking of the property boundary.

...and I asked again about this by phone, during which I was told that this should take place after the completion of the construction measures and that we should adhere to the official site plan. But the official site plan has only 2 parcels. They extend over the entire construction area. And now? I can't have it pegged based on the wooden stakes, can I???

How current is your official site plan? What does the purchase contract say? Do you already have your own parcel number for the property? Have you already submitted a building application or even received a building permit?