Calculating Lot Size From Assessor's Map

[Mike Garrett RAA]

Ask for a copy of the ILC!


ILC = Improvement Location Certificate

I am so fortunate to have that information on the country assessor's website. Repeat after me. "I am not a surveyor, I am an appraiser".

What your supervisor told you is very basic and will give you a ball park number; however, it really isn't adequate for your appraisal report.

I wish you well.

 

[Victoria Lawrence]

Thanks everyone for the ideas - you guys are great! JB-that's a great site, but it requires the four sides and a diagonal measurement in order for it to work. Is there a simple formula to calculate the diagonal measurement?

As far as accessing the County Recorder's office for an ILC, I tried but with no luck. What I eventually ended up doing in this case was "ballparking" the SF and adding +/- after it to show an estimation, per my supervisor. I don't like not being specific, but the lender accepted it with no questions, and I was doing as I was told. I'd feel better about things, though, if I knew it was an accurate measurement.

 

[Jungle Boy]

Victoria

It would be so easy if everything was right angles (90 degrees)

As Ramon suggested, the easiest way is to break it down into rectangles and triangles. Make sure that you end up with 90 deg angles on your triangles.
Remember to divide by 2 the result of mulitplying the sides of the triangles.

Sometimes I use the word APPROX after the comp site area just to show that the area is approximately what is shown.

I always use the words SUBJECT TO SURVEY on the line where the subject dimensions are located.
If PUB REC gives a lot size, and the dimensions are hard to come by, I don't put the dimensions in at all. I just put in the lot size on both lines, and add SUBJECT TO SURVEY.

hope this has helped.

Rami

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

I am sorry, should have been more specific. Ask the home owner for a copy of the ILC...not the assessor's office. IN MY COUNTY the assessor's office has a mapping dept that can sometimes help. I wish you well.

 

[joyce bachemin]

Victoria,

If you have a plat of the subject tract you can actually measure it on the plat. We typically see a plat with a scale of 1/8" = 1.00'. So measure it and divide by .125
(the decimal equivalent of 1/8. Hope that helps...

John

 

[Otis Key]

Victoria & All - check your city GIS web site. Some cities and counties have the area shown on the GIS web site. I know that we have it for our city and county here. I have even printed it out to insert into reports when the HO tells me it's a 1/2 acre and it's actually 1/4 acre. It sure stops a lot of telephone calls.

And like Mike said, "I'm not a surveyor, I'm an appraiser". Repeat after us.