new neighbors

[twinstackram]

we bought 8.5 acres last year just up the road from my parents house,we just love this place,1 acre pond little bit tillable,and going to make a nice site to build in a couple of years,but now we have these people that moved in right behind us no big deal I'm easy to get along with,well went down there a couple of days ago to do some work and what do I see,these people have come over and put up no trespassing signs on our trees,why do people come out to the country and go crazy with these signs,the funny thing is that he's so worred about us trespassing on him that evidently hedidn't realize he was trespassing on us we he put his sign up,I don't get it.

 

[thcri]

He's probably thinking he can make you think you don't have as much land as you do. You know, move the border a couple of feet every year. I guess I would nip it in the butt right now by writing him a letter and asking him to remove his signs off of your property. I would even certify the letter. Maybe even take pictures of where the markers are and send them along. Be nice about it as you don't want to get off on the wrong foot. It may be just a misunderstanding or maybe even the old owners told him wrong.

Good luck.

murph

 

[notamustang]

On the property line put up a post, put his sign on your side and a thank you note on his side /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Maybe invite him over for an adult beverage and dont bring up the sign.

 

[twinstackram]

then the neighbors south of me,(been there like 50 yrs) and a somewhat distant relative,they have around 5.5 acres but when I had to go to the court house to get some paper work for the farmer that has been farming our property I found out by the paper work that we own a 15' by 214' strip that goes behind his property but he has been using it for a garden spot for yrs,not that I'm that worried about it now but yrs down the road when something happens to him or his wife I don't want the next person to think that it goes with that land.somebody said that if that person has been taking care of said property that they can goe to the courthouse and claim it,does anybody know anything about this.

 

[Cactus]

Does your place have a good recent survey,do you know exactly where the property boundries/markers are ???

 

[ByronBob]

Make sure the survey maps are correct. He may have something different for a survey. Give him the benefit of doubt until you speak to him. Come prepared with a survey to discuss it with him as well as a few cold ones to break the ice.
He may turn into your best friend you never know??

 

[riptides]

If you confront (such a harsh word)/ talk to him about it, certain things can happen.
A. He admits it is yours and does nothing
B. He admits it is yours and claims it via adverse possession
C. He claims it is his property

Adverse possession varies by state. This discussion board has plenty of information on "What is adverse possession?".

You should have a current survey in hand that shows this piece as part of your parcel. Hopefully the survey will relate to a tax map or number of some sort.

Of course if your neighbor has a survey showing no such strip, then the two of you may be in for more discussions.

Go down to your local court house and look at the parcel/plots/maps of the property involved. You may also have to look at the deed books to see if anything regarding the property was done by previous owners.

Good luck.
-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[twinstackram]

see the guy we got it from told us that there was a 15' strip,so we actually already knew that,what we didn't know or he didn't tell us (or he just didn't know) was how far the 15' section went,at first we knew about the 15',so I'm thinking heck if it's only 15' wide and only goes in 15' or 20' no biggy,but 15' by 214' now thats a big difference,I don't know what that figures out to be 1/16 or 1/8 or 1/4 of an acre or what,thanks for the replies guys.

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( figures out to be 1/16 or 1/8 or 1/4 of an acre or what )</font>

I figure that to be .0736914 acres. I guess that's just a hair over 1/14.

 

[Panache]

approx 1/12th acre
15*214=3210
3210/43560=.0736 acres

 

[twinstackram]

thanks bird I knew one of you guys would know,maybe I could offer him a good deal!!!
what's a 1/14 of an acre going for these days??

 

[DUMBDOG]

In this are of Florida there is some land going for $27.50 a square foot, however in your part of the country in may be less. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[dukenyc]

It all depends on whether the property line was clearly marked where the signs went up. If it wasn't marked, it could have been a n honest mistake.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

<font color="red"> It all depends on whether the property line was clearly marked where the signs went up. If it wasn't marked, it could have been a n honest mistake.

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I agree. There is no reason to rule out honest mistake.

I bought the 4 acre lot next door to me. My neighbor on the other side of that lot and I were talking one day. We are not friends, but we have always been friendly when we are both out. So I told him I was going to put a decorative fence as a backdrop to some plants I had planted on my new lot. It would only run about 75' of our common 600+' property line, so it obviously was not a privacy or security fence. I showed him where I wanted it. He suggested I move it about 10' farther north onto my property so I didn't cross his property line. We discussed where we each THOUGHT the property line was and he was actually off by about 50'! Of course talking about it didn't prove anything.

So over the next couple of weeks I got out the laser, some survey flags, a GPS unit and marked the boundry. I confirmed it with an arial photo from the USGS website. I took everything over to him and we talked about it. We walked the border. To make a long story short, his driveway is crooked, he was following a line along his drive instead of following the actual property line. The corners were clearly marked, but it was just an honest mistake. We still get along fine.

 

[penokee]

I'd try to resolve it as soon as possible. You may want to have a Licensed Land Surveyor mark out your boundaries, prepare a Certified Survey Map and file it with your County Register of Deeds, if this hasn't been done by a previous owner. Most land owners dont know where their actual corners and boundaries are - this is fairly common. I quit surveying, because of the high cost of Errors and Omissions Insurance. and the desire of too many people today wanting to sue and lawyers falling over themselves to take the case. Currently involved with a group claiming Presciptive Rights across our land on a road that was built and maintained by a large Corp., but they found a Lawyer to file the papers claiming they built the road, etc, etc. No wonder Countries can't get along, too many times neighbors fight over a small piece of Real Estate. As mentioned in an earlier post, if the other party has a Certified Survey showing different boundaries than your survey it would have to be resolved legally by a Judge or Jury, unless you can both agree to the line and file that Agreement also with the Register of Deeds so it becomes part of the chain of title. Strange, but most people also throw their debris over the line or fence into their neighbors property - not sure what drives that.
penokee /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif