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We have been contacted by one of the family members of the person who once owned both plots of land. They believe that they own the 50 foot easement even though our deed says that it is part of our property. Do they really own this property?
We recently purchased a 5 acre piece of property. Unfortunately we did not have access to the language of the document when we purchased the property. This is what was told to us about the easement when we purchased the property. Our neighbors have recently brought to our attention that we were mistaken about the extent of the length of the easement. They have stated that they intend to put a road the entire length of the easement– nearly 400 feet. Do they have the right to do all of these things?
They removed the easement from the property, I have letters from the HOA and township validating this. The problem is that the water issue was not mitigated. My question is, since we were misinformed about the easement and the necessity of it, and since we have a major water issue and would not have purchased this home had that been disclosed to us, can we hold the HOA responsible to resolve this issue at their cost. In addition, if an easement is required on this property, can we hold the HOA liable for the dimished value of the home as a result?
I have a property in the Hollywood Hills that is landlocked. Does anyone know if this is the right course? If so, how do I apply for an easement? Which department in the county do I need to contact?
To get into our property we have to cross two other properties. Last fall when we paved our part of the driveway and the man in the middles driveway the contractor had some extra material and asked us if he could put it on the top of the driveway, of course we liked the idea of getting in and out easier but warned the contractor that the man on the top is very unreasonable and he would have to get his permission. Several months later we received a letter from his attorney who is also his nephew saying we had to remove the asphalt and take it back to dirt and gravel. Please give me some feedback on the situation.
Can government entities explicitly grant Easement by Necessity to private landowners, particularly if the government entity may have created a landlock situation? How do we now establish access/egress to our lot? Do we stand a chance of convincing the Bureau of Reclamation to explicitly grant us use of the easement, which should satisfy the permitting requirement for the other bridge?
My neighbor has an ingress and egress easement through my property. Can I have the neighbor sign a liability waiver? Would it be possible to have waiver written up to protect myself in California?
We are a townhome community with a private road that connects to public streets on each end. Though we are responsible for all repairs to that private road, probably 90% of the traffic is cut-through traffic between the public streets. Could we legally close one end of this road permanently?
Years ago a Water District acquired a residential parcel for construction of a water tank. The residential property has an easement for ingress/egress to an private road shared by over twenty other residential properties. The Water District (public utility) now is permitting a cellular company (private business) to apply for County permits to construct a cellular antenna facility on the property. Can the Water District give permission to the cellular company to use the private road to install and maintain the cellular facility when all of the other easement holders are in opposition?
We bought a house/land 6 years ago and signed an ingress/egress easement with the previous owners to allow them the use of our driveway to access their property that adjoins ours. We are having major problems with the renters (& parents of the daycare children) speeding up and down our driveway and forcing us to get out of their way when we are on it. In an effort to slow down the traffic we have put up a nonlocking gate at the end of the driveway where it joins their property. The property owners are now saying we have no legal right to install the gate.