Feasibility FastRural land in Western Washington
Know if a piece of land will build before you buy it.
Send us the parcel number and you'll have a report in 24 hours. It covers zoning, wetlands and their buffers, septic soils, water, power, and access, with maps we draw for your lot. You don't need an accepted offer. Plenty of buyers send us a lot before they write one.
From a sample report
4.6-acre lot, proposed subdivision
- Plat statusSTOP
- Critical areasCAUTION
- SepticCAUTION
- WaterGO
- TopographyGO
- OverallCAUTION
How it works
- 1
Send the parcel
Give us the parcel number and tell us what you want to build. The form takes about five minutes.
- 2
We work through the records
County zoning and critical-area maps, soils and septic files, well logs, utility maps, easements, and permit history. With the Deluxe package, we also pick up the phone.
- 3
You get a straight answer
A 6–10 page report in 24 hours. Each item is rated go, caution, or stop, with maps of your lot and a rough cost to get it ready to build.
What you won't get from a records printout
Basic, $99
Maps drawn for your lot
A screenshot of the county map viewer won't show you where a house fits. We start with your lot lines and add the stream and wetland buffers, the setbacks, and the steep slopes. Whatever ground is left is where you can build, and we outline it for you. If the drainfield or well has to go in a certain spot, the map shows that too.
Deluxe, $199
We call the people who know
A lot of the answers that decide a deal aren't online. With the Deluxe package, we contact the county permit desk, the health district, and the title, power, and water companies. We also get current pricing from local septic designers, well drillers, and excavators. Each answer goes into your report as it comes in.
The problems that sink rural land deals
Most of them are sitting in public records well before closing. The trouble is they're spread across a dozen county, health district, utility, and state databases, and a 30 to 60 day feasibility window goes fast. Start looking before the clock does.
- A wetland buffer that leaves no room for a house
- Soils that won't take a standard septic system
- Power three lots away, at the buyer's cost
- Access across a neighbor's land with no recorded easement
- A plat that was never recorded, so the lot can't be permitted
What every screen covers
Eleven sections. Each one gets a go, caution, or stop rating and says where we found the information.
- Parcel
- Size, legal description, assessor data, and how the lot was created.
- Zoning
- Zone, minimum lot size, setbacks, allowed uses, and ADU rules.
- Critical areas
- Wetlands, streams, buffers, steep slopes, and flood and landslide hazards, mapped over the lot.
- Septic
- Soil types, any records on file, and how much room is left for a drainfield.
- Water
- Public water, shared well, or a new well, with nearby well logs.
- Power
- Where the nearest service is and what a line extension could involve.
- Access and title
- Legal access, easements, and recorded items worth a closer look.
- Permit history
- Past permits, open cases, and anything the county has flagged.
- Topography and LiDAR
- Slopes, drainage, and the likely building area from LiDAR.
- Site-work cost range
- A low to high range for the driveway, clearing, septic, well, and power.
- Verdict
- Go, caution, or stop for each item and for the lot overall, with what to check next.
Buying land?
The best time to check a lot is now, before you've paid a septic designer or a surveyor, and before you're under contract if you can. A stop rating saves you all of that. A go tells each professional what to look at.
How the screen fits your timelineA buyer's agent?
Send us a lot your client is eyeing, even before they write an offer. You're copied on the report and on anything that needs a decision before their deadline.
How referrals workLooking at a piece of land?
Send the parcel number now. You don't need a contract. You'll have a go, caution, or stop answer in 24 hours.