What it is
Dividing a property owned by several people into portions, one for each. The whole plot is measured, split according to the agreement — by area, by value, or however they decided — and each portion comes out with its own drawing and description so it can be deeded separately.
Timing and coverage
How long it takes depends on the size of the land, the access and the vegetation: an urban lot is not the same as a hillside farm. I tell you when you ask, along with the price, before you commit to anything. I work in El Salvador.
When you need it
- The owner died and the heirs are dividing the land
- Several siblings own it jointly and want to separate
- A partnership is dissolving and the property must be divided
- Several people bought together and now each wants their own
What you get
- The drawing in DWG and PDF, ready to print or to file
- The calculation record with the bearing, distance and coordinate table
- The area in square metres and in square varas
- A drawing and a technical description for each portion
- The overall plan, with all the portions and how they fit
What I need from you to start
- The deed of the property
- How many portions and on what basis they are divided
- That the owners agree before measuring: changing the split afterwards means starting over
Other services
Land measurement
Find out what it really measures, with area and perimeter verified.
Topographic surveys
Planimetric and altimetric, with GNSS and total station.
Segregations
Splitting a portion off a larger property, ready to be deeded.
Remeasurements
When the deed and the ground do not say the same thing.
Cadastral designation certificate
The procedure that ties the property to its cadastral record.
Delimitation of undivided shares
Giving a definite location to a right that on paper has none.
Technical descriptions
In legal language, with bearings and distances, ready for the deed.
Subdivisions
Division into lots, with exact areas and the overall plan.
Contour lines and volumes
Altimetry, profiles, sections and cut-and-fill calculation.