We almost said heck with our entire build after I met with the surveyor. In our county in Illinois, you are subject to the Subdivision Ordinance if your property is landlocked and if a new easement is needed. That means a whole lot of extra legal expenses, survey work, and county approvals. After meeting with the surveyor, he never mentioned the possibility of an exemption, and he stated that he would be there for us along the way to navigate this complicated process. According to him, we were looking at potentially increasing costs by $25,000 to get this done. He also stated he is the only surveyor who has the ability to provide the proper documentation for the county board, etc. After making one phone call to the supervisor of assessments, I learned that our particular parcel is exempt from the ordinance, and we just need a surveyor to survey out the easement and make the legal description. I notified the surveyor that I would not be using his services. While there are considerations that should be made, I would think that checking for an exemption should have been the first thing he would look for. Instead he "researched" all of our options and communicated additional hoops and costs with each passing day. He ended the call by informing me that he is the best in the area. So he's humble, too. I doubt he was being facetious, but it certainly came off that way. We ended the call cordially and he invited me to come back if the other surveyor didn't work out!