A boundary reconstruction is used to determine the boundary between two parcels. The costs of a border reconstruction depend on various factors. The most important factor is which party is carrying out the border reconstruction.
What are the costs of a border reconstruction? A cadastral border reconstruction costs at least €485, but additional costs will apply. There are websites where a border reconstruction of one plot is offered for €649, including VAT. But you can also do it yourself. For a total of € 121,- incl. VAT, you can carry out your own border reconstruction with a professional GPS system. In terms of costs, it is best to carry out the border reconstruction yourself. But if there are conflicts, it is best to have the border reconstruction done by an independent party. The most independent is Het Kadaster.
To clarify everything about this topic, we will answer the following questions in this article:
-What is a border reconstruction?
-Who carries out border reconstructions?
-What are the costs of a cadastral border reconstruction?
-What are the costs of a border reconstruction by a surveyor?
-Can you carry out a border reconstruction yourself?
-What are the costs of a border reconstruction if I carry it out myself?
-How do you make the best choice in who should carry out the border reconstruction?
Costs of border reconstruction: the solution
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What is a border reconstruction?
Before I can indicate the costs of a border reconstruction, it is of course useful to know exactly what a border reconstruction is.
To find out, you need to know that the Netherlands is divided into many parcels. A plot is a piece of land. Someone owns that piece of land. This is the plot owner.
Each plot is located next to other plots. These plots are separated by a plot boundary. The property boundary is not always visible outside. A fence, hedge or fence may have been installed. But that is not always the case.
A boundary reconstruction is making a plot boundary visible. When the property boundary is visible, you can make decisions based on it. The type of decision depends on the reason why a boundary reconstruction is being performed.
There are a number of different reasons to perform a boundary reconstruction. There are many regulations regarding building or planting on and near the property boundary. Some examples of reasons to carry out a boundary reconstruction are:
- When you want to resolve a border conflict with your neighbors
- For placing a fence or hedge as a boundary fence
- When you want to build an extension
- If you want to plant a tree near the property line
- When you want to purchase or sell a plot of land
Who carries out border reconstructions?
So there are plenty of reasons to carry out a border reconstruction. But who carries out border reconstructions now?
The best-known party that carries out border reconstructions is the Land Registry. This is also logical, because the Land Registry also manages the database of all property boundaries in the Netherlands.
They originally have easy access to this database of parcel boundaries. That is why in the past all border reconstructions were actually done by Het Kadaster.
The plot boundary data are now available to everyone. You can also read this in this article about how you can determine the property boundary yourself.
This also allows surveyors to carry out a border reconstruction.
But the data on the property boundaries are also available to you. So you can also carry out a border reconstruction yourself. You can read exactly how to do this here .
There are therefore various parties that can carry out a border reconstruction. But that also involves different costs.
What are the costs of a cadastral border reconstruction?
A cadastral border reconstruction is a border reconstruction carried out by Het Kadaster. When you search on the Land Registry website, it is not that easy to find the exact costs for a border reconstruction.
That is why I am giving you a clear overview of the costs of a border reconstruction by the Land Registry.
The total costs of a cadastral border reconstruction depend on a number of things. Firstly, the costs depend on the number of property boundaries for which you want to perform a boundary reconstruction. The costs per plot boundary are €485.
However, Kadaster charges even more for making the corners of a plot visible during a boundary reconstruction. These corner points are the start and end points of a property boundary. In addition to the costs per plot boundary, the Land Registry also charges € 285 per corner point.
You can determine the costs of a cadastral boundary reconstruction using the formula below:
K = 485 * P + 285 * H
K: total costs in euros
P: number of field boundaries
H: number of vertices
If you have different plot boundaries for which you want a boundary reconstruction, the costs at the Land Registry can be high.
What are the costs of a boundary reconstruction by a surveyor?
Several surveyors have also seen this. They offer on the internet to carry out border reconstructions.
The good thing about this is that market forces have emerged. This means that a border reconstruction is cheaper than when it is carried out by the Land Registry.
Because there are now market forces, it is difficult to clearly indicate the costs here. However, it is possible to give some idea of it.
You can have a border reconstruction carried out for your entire plot of land via the websitegrensrecreatie.nl for €649 incl. VAT. This does not only apply to one plot boundary, but to all boundaries, making all corner points of your plot visible.
Another party calculates in a different way. This charges €499 incl. VAT for the boundary reconstruction of the first plot boundary and €299 incl. VAT for each additional boundary.
The cheapest option therefore depends on what you want a border reconstruction for.
Can you carry out a border reconstruction yourself?
These surveyors make carrying out a border reconstruction seem difficult. They indicate that they work with recognized surveyors and that this includes requesting all necessary information from the Land Registry.
However, carrying out a border reconstruction is not difficult. It’s actually quite simple. In this article about determining the property boundary yourself, I have explained step by step how you can determine the property boundary.
All necessary information from the Land Registry is publicly available.
And with the GPS measuring systems of this website you get exactly the same results as the ‘certified’ surveyor.
Yes, recognized is in brackets. In the Netherlands, unlike Belgium, the profession of land surveyor is not a recognized profession. In Belgium, surveyors are sworn in before the court.
You can and may also carry out a border reconstruction yourself in the Netherlands. And if you see that a border reconstruction fromgrensreconstruction.nl costs €649 and according to their website the border reconstruction only takes half a day (4 hours), then you also know that if you do it yourself it can be a lot cheaper.
What are the costs of a border reconstruction if I carry it out myself?
And that is completely true. It is likely that you will need a GPS measuring system for a maximum of one day for your own border reconstruction.
You can rent a GPS measuring system on this website . And the cost of renting one of our GPS measuring systems is much lower than if you had a border reconstruction carried out by Het Kadaster or a surveying agency.
The costs for renting a GPS measuring system are only €50 excl. VAT per day and you also pay €50 excl. VAT in start-up costs. You will also have to pay a deposit, but you will get this back in full when you return the GPS measuring system in good order.
Since you can carry out a border reconstruction yourself within a day, the total costs of a border reconstruction if you do it yourself are only € 100,- excl. VAT.
To make a better comparison, we add the VAT of 21% and the costs come to € 121,- incl. VAT.
This is by far the cheapest way to perform a border reconstruction.
How do you make the best choice in who should carry out the border reconstruction?
If you only look at the costs, you should always choose to carry out the border reconstruction yourself.
However, there are situations where it is wise not to just look at the money or costs.
This is particularly important in conflict situations. If there is a conflict with the neighbors, for example, about whether the fence is in the right place, it is better to have an independent party carry out the boundary reconstruction.
Because the border has then been made visible by an independent party, there can no longer be any discussion about whether or not the border reconstruction has been carried out properly.
However, in all other cases I recommend carrying out the border reconstruction yourself, as this is the most economical solution for you.
Final conclusion on Costs of a border reconstruction
This was a whole article about border reconstructions and the associated costs. There is a lot to report on this topic of GPS surveying. We hope that you have learned at least a few things from it and that you can benefit from them.
However, everything written in this article is theory. If you want to put this theory into practice, you can.
You can try or buy a GPS measuring system via this website . If you do this, you can immediately put into practice what you learned by reading this article about the costs of a border reconstruction by doing a border reconstruction yourself. And you can see whether working with our GPS measuring equipment is something for you.
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