Proposed Easement Advice (Long)

[EddieWalker]

Thread Update....

Thanks for the update. It's nice to hear how it worked out and that your Mom still has her home.

Eddie

 

[dmccarty]

We want to Thank Everyone for their advice... she read everyone's comments.

Sounds like the developer did not do his homework on knowing he did not have the road frontage and as a result he lost lots of money. Oh well. He had an expensive lesson.

I'm glad it worked out for your family.

What did your mom think of TBN?

Later,
Dan

 

[Richard]

How's that for your elected officials representing the people who voted them into office?

I'll admit I only have half the facts on the following, but I've got a client who lives here in KNoxville, however, she is a part owner of some land in North Carolina. Seems they are indeed, VERY liberal with what they do in this area (I don't know where it is)

Evidently, she's got some friends there & one of them works in town hall. She called my client to tell her someone had taken her land (?)

As the story gets relayed to me, seems someone wanted a parcel of her land (builder) so he could do a development. Supposedly, he simply walked into the registar of deeds and said he'd bought part of this land and on his "word", they conveyed him title to part of it.

I'm still a bit dubious as to the facts as she's a bit older and prone to misunderstanding things. Then again, she's not ignorant either... so I'm not sure what to believe.

She's just chock full of stories on how corrupt that specific area is. I'm working with her and our estate attorney on setting up a trust. The attorney wants her to clear this land up however, she says she can't get a lawyer in that area because the builder has specifically used "all" of the local attorneys for something or another and none of them will represent against him.

Don't know how much truth is in any of that, it's just what she relays to me.

 

[ultrarunner]

Sounds like the developer did not do his homework on knowing he did not have the road frontage and as a result he lost lots of money. Oh well. He had an expensive lesson.

I'm glad it worked out for your family.

What did your mom think of TBN?

Later,
Dan

She said... "So this is how I know so much"

The Developer ran into trouble on two fronts...

1. The Market in Oakland for new high end homes is saturated and everything is at a standstill. A 50 home Development he started several years ago which has all the infrastructure in only has 6 homes completed and only 1 has been sold at a substantial discount. The entire project is now for sale...

2. He underestimated the community resolve. For better or worse, most folks think Mom's land belongs to the city and they were quite alarmed at the though of homes being built. Several new home owner groups were formed solely to stop this project. The developer never would have believed homes starting a 1M on 1 acre lots with a green belt would have neighborhood opposition.