We are a coordinator and/or provider of American Land Title Association (ALTA)
Surveys across the continental United States for use in commercial real estate
transactions. We effectively handle single-site and multi-site transactions, and
facilitate the coordination of surveyors, title, ordering, process, product and
delivery.
The ALTA Survey is a detailed map of the land showing all existing improvements
of the property, utilities, and significant observations within the insured
estate. The survey details the surveyor’s findings concerning the property
boundaries and how it relates to title. It also delineates or makes note of all
easements and exceptions cited within the title commitment for insurance of the
secured party. The survey may also show zoning and flood zone restrictions or
areas indicating potential future use of the property. The ALTA survey is a
combination of a boundary survey, title survey, and a location survey.
Title Insurers have specific needs related to title insurance matters, and when
asked to provide an insurance policy without any exception relating to survey
matters, a set of regulations was developed between members of ALTA and
surveyors. These regulations govern the content of all ALTA surveys and are
denoted in the “2005 minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA/ACSM land
title surveys” as adopted by American Land Title Association and National
Society of Professional Surveyors. Continental Surveying will strictly abide to
these detail requirements when providing service to clients.
Through our network of surveyors we will provide ALTA Surveys across the
continental United States.
We provide free of cost proposals outlining the services and fees for each site.
At no time are you obligated to contract us for the services. You can request a
free quote via this website, Emailing us at Support@ContinentalSurveying.com or calling
us at 440-853-6860
We provide clients with a single point of contact throughout the ALTA Survey
coordination process. The one point of contact method provides a more reliable
and easier way of communication. Our coordinators are responsible for all
aspects of the projects including proposals, site contact arrangements, title
coordination, deliveries, survey map inspections, client comments,
communication, and closing questions. This acquired site knowledge provided by
our structure will lead to a direct communications asset in all phases of the
process for our clients. A single point of contact and direct communications
develops long lasting relationships with client to assure a repeated customer
satisfaction.
It is our order of business to favor our clients with adept and experienced
personnel, through our single point of contact. The company’s strength comes
from its expert background in surveying and ALTA survey coordination through
licensed professionals. Accomplished staff promotes good understanding with
readily reliable answers for clients, and experience to resolve tough survey
issues. Service is key to our client’s needs, and we will adapt our service to
the client’s goals.
The survey map will be completed using Continental Surveying standardized survey
format on a 34” x 22” border. The survey is formatted with headings for the
important elements associated the 2005 ALTA Survey Standards. The headings
provide logical information for ease of abstraction by the transaction parties.
The format uses notes with identifiers so that transaction parties have easy
cross-reference to the actual survey map and the notes. This provides clients
with a manageable way of searching for specific items on the survey.
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Many commercial real estate transactions, which have a lender and a purchaser,
are concerned about the existing conditions and the future use of the properties
to which the purchaser is acquiring. The lender and purchaser require knowledge
of any restriction, encumbrances, and benefits to which the property holds. The
ALTA Survey provides a map of the existing improvements of the property and
reports the concerns noted above. Our service will include inspection of the
first draft of survey map to meet the standard and optional 2005 ALTA
requirements of the project together with adherence to our format, and we will
remit comments to surveyor for revision. We will also conduct inspection of
revisions of survey map to meet Clients or other transaction parties as affirmed
by Client, and remit comments to surveyor for revision as necessary. Our
inspection process assures quality and conformity of survey with a significant
reduction of confusion and questions later.
We manage the entire process of acquiring ALTA Surveys. Through our network, we
will find a registered professional surveyor for any site location with
competitive pricing. We provide coordination of title documents with the Title
Company and surveyor. We will coordinate all questions and comments form all
transaction parties with the site surveyor, and furnish reliable timely surveys
all from one point of contact.
We furnish no additional cost pricing in our proposals to alleviate hassles and
surprises at the completion of the project. As long as the scope of the project
does not change there will not be any additional incurrence of cost. If a change
in the scope of is needed, we will provide a separate or updated proposal for
your approval. Simple, easy and straight forward pricing.
We will be happy to negotiate with the provider of the certification and our
site surveyor the form of certification that is required for the site. There are
a multitude of legal complexities with certifications for both the surveyor and
transaction parties. We will work diligently and professionally to acquire
satisfaction from all parties. Our experience provides us with opportunities and
remedies to assure success with this sometimes-difficult task.