Licensed Illinois land surveyors delivering sealed plats of survey for closings, fences, permits and boundary questions across Schaumburg and Cook County.
Licensed Illinois land surveyors · Sealed plats for closings, permits & boundary disputes
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Schaumburg is one of the largest municipalities in Cook County, with roughly 78,700 residents and a footprint stretching across four townships in the northwest suburbs. In a village this size, where commercial corridors sit alongside dense single-family subdivisions, a plat of survey is the document that pins your property lines to the ground before you build, buy, or dispute a boundary.
A plat of survey is a drawing, signed and sealed by a licensed Illinois land surveyor, that locates the corners and boundary lines of your lot and depicts the buildings, driveways, fences and recorded easements on the property. It is the document lenders, title companies and municipal permit desks rely on.
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With a population near 78,700, Schaumburg spreads across the Schaumburg, Palatine, Elk Grove, and Hanover townships northwest of Chicago, which means a single parcel’s legal description can trace back to several different township records. Deeds, easements, and the finished plat of survey are recorded through the Cook County Clerk’s Recordings Division, the office that absorbed the county Recorder of Deeds in December 2020. Much of Schaumburg was platted during the post-war subdivision boom, so lot corners and recorded easements are usually well documented, but decades of fence replacements, room additions, and pool installations can leave the physical property out of step with the plat. A current survey resolves that gap for permit applications, and parcels near the Salt Creek corridor should be checked against FEMA flood-hazard mapping maintained through the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
Official resources for Schaumburg property owners
Village permit review for an addition typically requires a current plat of survey showing existing structures and setbacks, so the reviewer can confirm the new work stays within your lot lines and zoning setbacks.
Survey-related documents such as plats and easements are filed with the Cook County Clerk’s Recordings Division in Chicago, which took over the former Recorder of Deeds functions in December 2020.
Fences, sheds, driveways, and additions added over the years may no longer match an old plat, and a lender, buyer, or building department generally wants a survey that reflects the property as it stands today.
Beyond a plat of survey, Pi Surveying provides the full range of land surveying services for Schaumburg property owners and builders:
We also prepare sealed plats of survey across nearby Cook County communities:
Get started on your next project with Pi Surveying’s expert land surveying services. Contact us today to schedule your survey and get accurate and reliable results.
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