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The majority of town and cities in Connecticut has established zoning laws that designate what can and cannot be done within a specific city and town area.
These laws require developers to meet specific conditions and follow certain regulations before they can be allowed to do construction work on properties that are within the established areas.
One of the main conditions of these areas is the submission of Connecticut zoning location surveys. These surveys are required for any residential construction on lands that belongs to a Connecticut zoning region.
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Whether you are buying or selling a real estate property, it is always advisable to know all the necessary information related to the property being bought or sold, such as deed restrictions, building locations, easements and pertinent municipal setback requirements.
This information is important because it can identify and determine whether or not the property being sold or bought is worth the value being paid or asked for.
Obtaining the needed information about a property is not that difficult. There are a lot of surveys that can be utilized to acquire this data. However, the best type of survey that you can use for this purpose is called a property survey.
Every real estate owner who doesn’t have sufficient knowledge of his or her property rights is in danger of infringements and boundary encroachments.
Although, these intrusions and disputes on properties are common, a lot of landowners still do not have the right information and tools to identify and defend their property from this situation.
In reality, the majority of these infractions occur because landowners have not performed a professional land survey on their estate and most of the time a boundary encroachment incident is just due to an honest mistake committed by their neighbors.
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Here at Godfrey-Hoffman & Hodge, we pride ourselves on offering a full range of Land Surveying, Civil Engineering, Planning, Design and Permitting services. Located in North Haven, Connecticut, our goal has always been to provide our clients with fast, accurate, and quality service to help them achieve their goals while also reducing project time and costs.
Taking advantage of today’s most advanced technology, we’ve had great success with many clients in a variety of industries, helping to both achieve their goals while also minimizing project costs.
We’ve put together some of our more recent case studies in order to display just some of the work we’ve performed and the satisfaction our clients have had with it. The following case studies have been broken down to describe the work GHH provided, who the client was, and where the work was performed. We’ve even included some testimonials from clients describing their experience with Godfrey-Hoffman & Hodge.
In this ebook we will go through the following sections:
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Purchasing a property is one of the most important events in every person’s life. All of us want to make sure that the real estate we are buying is in good standing and worth the money we are paying for it.
However, contrary to these facts, most people just jump into buying and forget the importance of land surveying before purchasing a property.
Land surveying offers remarkable value in terms of protecting your hard-earned money and your investment.
A professional land survey also provides critical information that is needed to determine if the property that you are planning to purchase is an accurate and fair deal.
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Floods are major events that have the ability to cause tremendous damage and destruction to property. Flooding can affect your family and your community: physically, emotionally and financially. These events can be catastrophic and unpredicatable, leaving very little time to prepare for it.
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“Welcome to the results of our eighth annual Connecticut Law Tribune readers’ poll, in which our readers have cast their votes for the best providers of services and goods to the legal profession.
This is a subjective, not objective poll. It does not measure who writes the most business, who has the most revenue or the most customers. It does measure the loyalty and satisfaction readers have with vendors. It is an opportunity for readers to speak up for those providers they believe are the best.
Since early August, the Connecticut Law Tribune conducted an online survey of readers. We promoted this project via house ads in the newspaper, emails to Connecticut attorneys, and through our website CTLawTribune.com. Readers responded vigorously to the opportunity to voice their choice.”
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Urban Planning can be described as a professional field concerned with the political and technical process of addressing people’s health and welfare in urban areas by controlling the use of land and designing the urban environment, such as transportation, natural environment and communication networks for the general good of the community.
Civil Engineers generally participate in Urban Planning activities. They work in fields that are related to the planning and development of roads and other urban facilities. Civil Engineers focus on the construction projects, while regional and urban planner concentrates on how a construction project will fit in helping improve the urban community.
Civil engineering firms, like Godfrey-Hoffman & Hodge in Connecticut, along with the regional and urban planners cooperate and interact, in order to maximize the positive impact of a planned development for the urban community.
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In the past, wetlands were generally thought as useless and were basically drained for development. Fortunately, with the help of environmental advocates and the various wetlands presentations that were created to educate people about its benefits, it has finally been recognized as a valuable and essential part of our ecosystem.
Wetlands presentations help provide opportunities in maximizing the potential use of wetlands and it educates people on how to conserve this precious natural resource. Civil engineering firm Godfrey-Hoffman & Hodge in Connecticut is one of the few organizations that participate in the preservation of the Wetlands and they conduct surveys to identify and map wetland areas that exist in our surroundings.
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