What a gardener or contractor wants to know before starting
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Every gardener and contractor starts with the same questions: what is in the ground, where exactly are the boundaries, and where can I get access? Have those answers ready and you get tighter quotes and fewer surprises afterwards.
The questions that always come
Where are the cables, pipes, and drainage? Where exactly does the boundary run? Where are the taps, pits, and valves? Has anything been buried before that nobody remembers?
For machine digging a KLIC report remains mandatory — that covers the network-operator side. But for everything on your own land, you are the only source.
What it saves you
A professional who knows up front what is there calculates sharper: no contingency line for finding things out, no extra work when the drainage turns out to run right under the new terrace.
And it prevents the most expensive surprise: a severed cable or struck pipe, with repair costs and delay on top.
How to hand it over
Send a map of what you know in advance — even if it is incomplete. Incomplete but honest beats nothing: the professional then knows where to be careful.
With ErfPlan you export your property map as PDF or image and attach it to the quote request. One attachment, and the conversation starts a level higher.
ErfPlan is a reference map for personal use — not a replacement for an official KLIC report and not a legal survey tool. Digging without a report where one is required remains at your own risk.