Property Discovery

Understand the Property Before You Commit

FieldMark collects and interprets available property records, planning standards, mapped conditions, and visible site features so you can make informed decisions before beginning design, purchasing property, or committing to major improvements.

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The Starting Point

A Property Is More Than a Parcel Line

What appears possible from the street may be affected by rules, overlays, site conditions, recorded information, and agency requirements that are not immediately visible.

Property information is often spread across city, county, assessor, planning, fire, flood, environmental, utility, and mapping systems. Each source provides part of the answer. The value comes from bringing those pieces together and understanding how they affect the property as a whole.

What can be built or improved?
Where can development reasonably occur?
Which constraints may affect cost, design, or timing?
Which questions require agency or professional confirmation?
What should happen before design or purchase decisions are made?

Property Intelligence

Public Information Turned Into a Useful Plan

FieldMark reviews available information, compares sources, identifies inconsistencies, and organizes relevant findings into a clear property summary.

Mapping and aerial imagery can be used to illustrate parcel boundaries, likely setbacks, site access, existing improvements, development areas, vegetation, elevation patterns, and other conditions that may shape the project.

Planning Zoning, setbacks and development standards

Site Access, terrain and visible conditions

Risk Flood, fire and environmental mapping

Direction Findings, concerns and recommended next steps

Review Areas

What We Look For

The scope is adjusted to the property and the intended project. Not every property has the same questions, agencies, or risks.

Zoning and Entitlements

Zoning designation, allowed uses, density, permit history, overlays, and potential entitlement requirements.

Development Standards

Setbacks, building height, lot coverage, floor area, parking, accessory structures, and related limitations.

Parcel and Site Conditions

Parcel configuration, access, surrounding development, visible improvements, terrain, and potential building areas.

Mapped Constraints

Available flood, fire, environmental, historic, habitat, fault, drainage, and other jurisdictional mapping.

Utilities and Services

Available information regarding water, sewer, septic, wells, utilities, access, and service considerations.

Development Direction

Potential development areas, major concerns, unresolved questions, required consultants, and recommended next steps.

Site Perspective

See the Property From More Than One Angle

When appropriate, aerial and ground-level imagery can provide context that public records alone cannot show. This may help illustrate access, vegetation, neighboring conditions, terrain, existing structures, and potential views.

Drone imagery may also support preliminary parcel overlays, site diagrams, potential development areas, and view studies from an anticipated upper level.

01 Aerial imagery of the property and surrounding context
02 Approximate parcel and planning overlays
03 Visible site opportunities and constraints
04 Potential building-area and view illustrations

The Deliverable

One Property. One Organized Review.

The final deliverable presents available information in a format that property owners, buyers, real estate professionals, designers, contractors, and consultants can understand and use.

Rather than handing you a collection of website links and maps, FieldMark explains what the findings may mean and identifies the questions that should be resolved next.

Property and jurisdiction summary
Planning and development information
Mapped conditions and site observations
Annotated aerial or parcel imagery when included
Known constraints and potential opportunities
Recommended agencies, consultants, and next steps

Who It Helps

Useful Before a Major Property Decision

A Property Discovery review is most valuable before money, design work, or contractual commitments begin narrowing the options.

Property Owners

Explore additions, ADUs, new homes, accessory structures, and long-term development opportunities.

Prospective Buyers

Better understand development potential and unresolved issues before completing a purchase.

Real Estate Professionals

Present clearer property information and help clients ask stronger questions during a transaction.

Project Teams

Begin design, estimating, and consultant coordination with a more organized understanding of the site.

Important Distinction

Preliminary Property Research Does Not Replace Licensed Professional Work

FieldMark Property Discovery reviews are prepared for preliminary planning and informational purposes. Property boundaries, measurements, site conditions, regulatory requirements, and mapped information may require confirmation by the governing agency or an appropriately licensed surveyor, architect, engineer, geologist, contractor, environmental consultant, or other professional.

Know More Before You Decide What Comes Next

Share the property address and what you are considering. FieldMark will review the project goals and recommend the appropriate level of property discovery.