A year ago we met with a local landscaping firm that specializes in drought tolerant, native plant, and wildlife friendly gardens here in the San Francisco Bay Area. We liked how they listened to our ideas, and liked their design proposals and solutions for the challenges posed by our property. See Landscaping Site Visit for a recap.
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| Entry: curved path from the street to the front porch |
The firm had quite a backlog, due to the pandemic and a boom in their business. Apparently a lot of people who were stuck at home realized they'd like to have their yards renovated! We joined their wait-list, and were given the assignment to arrange for a site survey. We had an old paper site survey from the original owners (very cool from an historical perspective), but wanted an updated, digital version.
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| Front yard: patio, sloped aspect, and oak tree |
We worked with a local survey company that was recommended to us. They were also busy with a large backlog, so we had to wait several months for the site survey and then the results. It was worth the wait. We received print and digital versions of the survey. The detail is amazing and will help us distinguish between what is actually our property and what are easements used by various utilities.
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| Back yard: the dense vegetation that forms a barrier, and raised bed |
I've included a few screenshots from the site survey - the entrance, the front yard and patio area, and the back yard. We don't have survey markers, but everything is measured from the house out to the property boundary. The boundary is shown as a thick dark line on the site survey, and matches the legal description of our property. Anything outside the boundary is an easement (but in some cases, fair game for planting)! It's been a long, slow haul, but we're in a good position for the next step - planning the landscape!
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