to survey or not to survey

OK, so right now there seems to be some delicate negotiation going on between the agent for the seller and the people prepared to give me a loan for the land. The former wants an appraisal before he orders the survey, the latter want a survey before they can do the appraisal. Hmm. I’m sure it’ll all work out somehow. I’m wearing a Ganesh tied round my neck at the moment to help with any obstacles, so how can it NOT all work out? For myself, I’d love to have the survey done, because then my bit of land will be clearly demarcated from the larger piece the seller has for sale. Despite the hours I spent walking it a couple of weeks ago, I *know* we were straying into areas that weren’t part of the piece I was planning to buy. It’s just one big, lovely piece of woodland!