Land survey in Philadelphia

[Kevin Kolling]

I am in the process of having my architect work on a zoning permit for the rowhome that I’m rehabbing.  He told me that I would need a land survey of the property and when I didn’t know anyone in the area he said he would reach out to a company that he uses.  Not having much experience with land surveys I Googled the average cost of a land survey and it said on average around $400-500.  When I got the proposal the other day it was $2250.  I thought that sounded high so I thought I would shop around.  My property is 15’ wide by approximately 98’ deep.  I guess I have two questions.  1. Does anyone have experience (preferably) in Philadelphia with land surveys and their costs?

2. Do you have anyone that does land surveys that you would recommend that I could call.  

[Yuriy Skripnichenko]

@Kevin Kolling

You can try the city department of surveys, they gave me much reasonable price in the past than other companies.

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA STREETS DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF SURVEYS AND DESIGN 

Here is the link for the surveys price list. Not sure if it is still in effect since the list is from 2018 https://philadelphiastreets.com/images/uploads/resource_library/SurveyCharges.pdf#_ga=2.267923278.1962691124.1584712559-1405100888.1584712559

Cheers, 

Yuriy