This question is usually asked as a follow-up once we have sent off an agreement.
As noted, this question is usually asked as a follow-up once we have sent off an agreement, and the homeowner is ready to sign the agreement. We have the following language in all our agreements that involve survey work:
Prior to Juliano Associates undertaking the above scope of services, the Client will provide Juliano Associates with all available information pertinent to the services to be performed, including, but not necessarily limited to, maps, drawings, deeds, agreements, easements, other encumbrances, correspondence, potential conflicts, etc.
On every survey, we conduct a thorough review of the local land records along with our own extensive records from our fifty-plus years of business and the records of the various surveying and engineering companies we have obtained. Therefore, the purpose of this language is to bring to the attention of the client the fact that if they have any unrecorded property information that could impact the survey, we should be provided a copy of this information prior to the start of our services.
As this scenario happens so very, very infrequently, most clients do not need to do anything other than sign the agreement we sent and decide how to get us the down payment (retainer) for the survey.