What it is
Dividing land into several lots to sell or develop. The land is measured, the lots are laid out to the area you want, and the overall plan comes out with each lot numbered, its measurements and the access ways. The procedure goes through the Ministry of Housing or the Directorate of Territorial Planning and Construction (DOT), as applicable.
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
- You are selling the land in lots instead of whole
- You are developing and need the overall plan
- It must be split into equal parts, each with access
- A procedure requires the subdivision plan
What you get
- The drawing in DXF and PDF, ready to print or to file
- The area in square metres and in square varas
- The overall plan with all the lots numbered
- The area and measurements of each lot, in its table
- The technical description of each lot, if you will need it to register
What I need from you to start
- The deed of the whole plot
- How many lots you want, or what area each should be
- Whether roads or access ways already exist, or must be laid out
Other services
Land measurement
Find out what it really measures, with area and perimeter verified.
Point staking
Mark on the ground where your land starts and ends according to the deed.
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.
Partitions
Dividing a property among several owners, with their drawings.
Cadastral Designation Certificate (CDC)
The official CNR document with the technical data of the property.
Delimitation of undivided shares
Delimit your portion of a co-owned property and get it its own title, under the special law.
Technical descriptions
In legal language, with bearings and distances, ready for the deed.
Contour lines and volumes
Altimetry, profiles, sections and cut-and-fill calculation.