09-15-2005, 11:11 AM
Hi Ajit,
We have property in Puna near Kurtistown and I wanted to do the same to our piece of paradise. Here is what we did:
First off I knew where the survey pins were located. Second, the front of the property is along a road with a clear line of sight and at the rear, my neighbor’s land is cleared. So, the front and back needed no work. Only the east and west sides needed to be staked. And each side is 714 feet.
Looking at the TMK map of the area and the survey report on the property we able to determine that all the east/west property lines of all the parcels were parallel. We took a compass reading from a couple of different fence lines, which were the same heading.
We then took that compass heading to the corner pin, drove in a 5-foot metal sake, and took out our machetes and started to hack away. Every 100 feet we would stop, run a string from the corner pin stake (or next stake in line), take compass reading to keep the line straight and dive in a new stake. This worked really well for us, we matched up to the opposite corner pins with in a foot.
Because the land is x-cane there is a lot of scrub growth, got some 10-foot PVC pipe, tied marking tape to one end, and strapped those to metal stakes. You can really see the property line now!
This was a lot of work, but we had a good time. We felt more intimate with the land. We got to see how the land lies and we now know exactly where to have our home built. Hard work and worth the effort!
Good Luck,
David D
We have property in Puna near Kurtistown and I wanted to do the same to our piece of paradise. Here is what we did:
First off I knew where the survey pins were located. Second, the front of the property is along a road with a clear line of sight and at the rear, my neighbor’s land is cleared. So, the front and back needed no work. Only the east and west sides needed to be staked. And each side is 714 feet.
Looking at the TMK map of the area and the survey report on the property we able to determine that all the east/west property lines of all the parcels were parallel. We took a compass reading from a couple of different fence lines, which were the same heading.
We then took that compass heading to the corner pin, drove in a 5-foot metal sake, and took out our machetes and started to hack away. Every 100 feet we would stop, run a string from the corner pin stake (or next stake in line), take compass reading to keep the line straight and dive in a new stake. This worked really well for us, we matched up to the opposite corner pins with in a foot.
Because the land is x-cane there is a lot of scrub growth, got some 10-foot PVC pipe, tied marking tape to one end, and strapped those to metal stakes. You can really see the property line now!
This was a lot of work, but we had a good time. We felt more intimate with the land. We got to see how the land lies and we now know exactly where to have our home built. Hard work and worth the effort!
Good Luck,
David D