Case Studies

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Real Results

What Proper Boundary Work Actually Delivers

These aren't hypotheticals. Each case below is a documented project where Highland's quasi-judicial approach produced a legally defensible outcome that a different surveyor — or no survey at all — would have missed entirely.

Eminent Domain Boundary Retracement

Eminent Domain Survey Recovers 3,000 Square Feet of Commercial Property and Terminates 18-Month Legal Dispute

A municipality's eminent domain acquisition stretched 18 months and produced descriptions that shifted with every revision — because no one had retraced the actual boundary. Highland did. The city's position was wrong by 3,000 square feet.

$81K–$216K
Total recovered value
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Easement & Permitting Easements & Access

Easement Vacation Unlocks ADU Permit After Eight Months of Stalled City Approvals

A property owner spent eight months in city approval limbo because an old easement blocked her ADU permit. Every office told her something different. Highland established the legal positions, confirmed the easement unoccupied, and cited the statute that ended the impasse.

Permit granted
8-month stall resolved without litigation
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Residential Boundary Boundary Survey

Boundary Retracement Recovers Half-Acre and Prevents Litigation in Residential Purchase Dispute

A homeowner suspected the fence lines didn't match the legal boundary on a recently purchased parcel. They were right. The neighbor's prior surveyor had never analyzed the boundary law that applied — and the error had stood unchallenged for years.

½ acre recovered
$20K+ in litigation costs avoided
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Commercial Development ALTA/NSPS Survey

How a $38,000 Survey Protected a $130 Million Development

A developer was days from closing on 25 acres when Highland's ALTA survey revealed 15 significant observations — including five project-threatening conditions the disclaimed fence-line survey had completely missed. The total mitigated risk exceeded $10.5 million.

$10.5M–$27M+
Total mitigated risk on $130M project
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The Highland Difference

Why Process Matters More Than Price

Quasi-Judicial

Every Highland survey applies boundary law the same way a court would — gathering evidence, analyzing deeds, documenting findings in the public record.

Documented

Findings are recorded in a surveyor's narrative and filed with the county. Anyone reviewing the property later can see exactly what was considered and why.

Defensible

When challenged — in court, by a municipality, or by a neighbor — a Highland survey can be defended because the work behind it is thorough and on the record.

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