Chase Jones & Associates

Erric was very knowledgeable and helpful, and he met me on short notice. His surveying process was thorough and accurate. I had never dealt with a surveyor before but now I don’t think I would hire anyone else.

I have to say I don’t know a whole lot about surveyors as this is the first time in my life that I needed their services for my property. Because I read the one review here on Unilocal,I decided to give them a call and I’m glad I did. First off, I was referred to another surveyor company by my architect but I wanted to do some calling around to make sure I was getting the best service for my dollar. After talking to a couple other companies here in town I gave Chase, Jones & Associates a call.
I mainly had contact with Eric Jones and he is a very pleasant person to deal with. I had many questions and was a bit fearful because I didn’t quite understand what to expect for a survey. After some discussion, Eric did a great job clarifying things for me. I really liked that he actually drove out to my house and gave me a clear and confident estimate that was accurate. He also helped me save about ¼ of the original cost by suggesting I do some brush clearing before they came out! Come to find out, his firm has done properties in andaroundt Portland and he even surveyed my next door neighbors property back in the 1970s, thus he was able to save me even more money by not needing to find as many points because he already had them! I could not recommend a more profession and thorough surveying firm to hire if you are looking for the best value for your money.

Need a surveyor? I’ve had bad. Trust me, you want a good one. Chase Jones is a great one. Their Portland history goes back to 1885 with R S Greenleaf, the current firm is the result of several mergers since them, but they have all the old records going back that far. Their website has a huge list of the neighborhoods, «subdivisions,» they have surveyed, by their official names, what you would find on your deed. They did original work in those neighborhoods to plat out the individual lots! Today they work all over the metro area.
I discovered them through a neighbor. I have hired them about a half dozen times.
Their field team is fast, polite and customer oriented. They survey in any weather. They can come on short notice for surveying emergencies. What is a surveying emergency you might ask? That’s when a neighbor seems intent on building something on your land, and is doing it. (Read up on adverse possession) Do not let that happen!
Call the City building department immediately to get a stop work order.
The chief surveyor in the office, Eric Jones, is very sharp and has a lot of information to share. They have a great CAD team for making survey drawings and even elevation contour drawings if you have a slope. They keep a copy of the drawing files and you can take an electronic copy home to print out at Kinkos or even add landscape planning details. For real estate transactions and some city or county filings, you need drawings and they can make them in the right professional format.
Their charges are broken down into field work, drawing work and checking work by the hour.
Great land deserves great land surveyors. The value of the land can be hugely influenced by small details of the survey — these guys get the details right!