Field due-diligence · for land buyers
Plot any deed before you wire.
Turn a legal description into a parcel sketch, closure check, and acreage readout in seconds. Start with the deed PDF already in your file.
- ✓Upload the deed PDF instead of retyping bearings by hand
- ✓See closure error, acreage, and shape in one pass
- ✓Fix parsed calls and re-plot without starting over
Sample output
What a buyer sees after one clean plot.
- Closure
- 0.00 ft
- Area
- 12.05 ac
- Calls
- 13
- Perimeter
- 5,258 ft
Closure is the gap between where the deed’s last call ends and the point of beginning. Near zero means the calls are internally consistent.
The part everyone hates
Drag, drop, done.
No transcription.
Every other deed plotter makes you hand-key the legal description first — forty bearings and distances retyped off a scanned PDF, one fat-fingered call away from the wrong parcel. DeedSketch reads the deed for you: drop the PDF — even a scan or a phone photo — and we plot it. No typing. No transcription.
Other plotters
- N 89°45′00″ E 330.00…
- S 00°15′00″ E 660.00…
- S 89°45′00″ W 330.00…
- …+ 37 more, by hand
~15 min · typo risk
DeedSketch
~5 sec · no typing
How it works
From deed to tract sketch in three steps.
Upload the deed, review the shape, and check whether the description closes. If you know the point of beginning, you can place the tract on imagery too.
Drop the deed
Upload a PDF, scan, or phone photo. We pull out the legal description and tell you if the scan is too rough to trust.
Review the plot
Review the parcel outline, closure error, acreage, and parsed calls so you can spot obvious problems quickly.
Check the deal
Edit suspect calls, place the tract on imagery, and export a clean review sheet for your file.
Step 1
Start with the deed you already have
Drop a deed PDF to plot it
Scans and phone photos work too. We read the deed and draw the parcel.
Photos & scans OKor click to browseBest for
Rural deeds, metes-and-bounds tracts, and quick acquisition screens.
You get
A plotted shape, closure check, acreage estimate, and editable call table.
Important
Approximate due-diligence output only. Always verify with the recorded instrument.
What you can check
A useful plot should answer three questions.
Does the description close?
Closure error tells you whether the calls come back to the point of beginning cleanly.
What shape am I actually buying?
The plotted outline turns abstract bearings into something you can inspect quickly.
What needs a closer look?
Warnings, editable calls, and map placement help you catch issues before deeper diligence.
Catch a bad deed before you buy
The five-figure mistakes hide in the legal description.
Does it close?
A description that doesn’t close is a red flag — bad calls, a typo, or a parcel that isn’t what the seller says. See the closure error in feet before you commit.
Landlocked or no legal access?
Plot the shape against the road and neighbors. Spot a parcel with no frontage or a missing access easement before it costs you a resale.
Where are the corners?
Turn a wall of bearings and distances into a shape you can actually look at — acreage, dimensions, and corners, straight from the deed.
Pricing
First deal free. $10 a deal after.
A “deal” covers a property — its tracts and any easements, within reason. No subscription, no seats. Pay for the deeds you actually plot.
Questions
Is this a survey?
No. DeedSketch produces an approximate drawing from the text of a legal description — for planning and due-diligence reference only. It does not establish legal boundaries. Always verify with a licensed surveyor and the recorded instrument.
Can I just upload the deed PDF?
Yes — that’s the easy path. Drop the deed PDF — even a scan or a phone photo of it — and we read it for you, pull the legal description out, and plot it. You can also paste the description text directly if you already have it.
What does “closure error” mean?
When you walk every call in the deed, you should end up back at the point of beginning. The gap between where you start and finish is the closure error. A small number means the calls are consistent; a large one means something’s off.
How much does it cost?
Your first deal is free. After that it’s $10 per deal — a deal covers a property’s tracts and easements. No subscription.