When the lot size matters, Buyer often ask: How do I find out what the property dimensions are?
First and best answer is to ask the Seller if they have a survey. A survey is required by most lenders so as to be able to avoid an exclusion to the title policy when they bought the property. Since most people have financing, there’s a survey in a drawer someplace.
Second best is to look at the deed into the current owner. To find this look up the property on the property appraiser’s website and look at the last warranty deed. This will have verbiage on it for the property description in one of 2 ways: ‘the southerly 27 feet of the west 390 feet of the…’ (yes I made this up) or, ‘lot 23 as shown on plat recorded in book and page xxx/yyy’. Note the Book and page and look that up on the clerk of courts website under the book/page tab and select ‘Plat Book’ from the drop down. There you will find a dimensioned plat plan and it will also show some (but perhaps not all) of the easements like those for utilities and drainage. NOTE THE VERBIAGE ON THE DEED AS OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE BUY MORE THAN ONE LOT OR A PORTION OF A PLATED LOT FROM THE DEVELOPER AFTER THE PLAT IS RECORDED. In this case the legal description will say something like “lot 25 plus the southerly 25 feet of lot 26 as shown on plat….”
Third and last is to use the measure tool available in the aerial view of the property on the property appraiser’s website. This will give it to you to the nearest few feet.
