Richard
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I'm a bit premature in posting this question since I just heard about it and don't know the facts yet. Hopefully, I'll go back there later tonight and find out for real what's happened.
Ok... my wifes cousin lives next door. I've been out of town for several weeks. Years ago on the back side of the farm my father in law (his uncle) sold a handful of acres to someone who built a house. Later, they divorced & moved away. Someone else bought the house, split the land and built a spec house on the other parcel. This person as best I know, has never moved in.
For what it's worth, both houses have been for sale for probably 3 years now, clearly they're proud of their asking price? lol.
Anyways... this tract of land should be bordered on at least two sides by our farm if I understand the logistics, possibly three.
Talking to my wifes cousin this morning, he said he went around the farm on the boat (we're surrounded on 3 sides by lake & a cove on each left/right side)
Ok, so he went down the cove on the back side of the farm and all the sudden, he can see this spec house from the lake. This is a new development (as in a new issue) because you could never see this house before. He said from the lake, it looks like the guy has been mowing down trees that were blocking his view (trees that are suspected to be on the farm and not his to cut down)
Now, he can sell the house as "lake view" since he evidently has a clear view of the lake.
I've not been there yet as I just now heard about this and I don't yet know if he's cut his own trees or indeed, trees off the farm (and even TVA for that matter)
So, if he's cut his down, there is no foul.
If he's cut TVA trees down, which I doubt, then that's between him & TVA
My question is...
If in fact, he's cut down a tract of trees to create this view of the lake..."now what"?
1. We can tell him to "stop", however, they're already cut down
2. Perhaps sue him for their value, not to really make any money but perhaps to make a point to him that we will not stand for those practices? (even if we don't win anything)
3. Buy a dilapidated old Ham Radio tower and install it right in the field of view?
If this is true that he cut a swath of our trees down to create this view, it would seem clear to me that the reason he did so would be so he could now state "lake view" and perhaps try to sell it for more, or maybe just make his current price more attractive.
He does not live there, NO ONE has ever lived there, this is a spec house plain & simple and he's trying to create the best selling atmosphere he can.
I don't even know who the builder is (yet).
Oh... on the opposite side of his land, (where we clearly do butt up together) someone has been cutting 100' of our side of the line so the drive in looks nicer.
In general, I don't mind that as I myself (when cutting grass for my dads apartment buildings) was told to do the very same thing so the ratty grass next door woudln't look like it was 'our' ratty grass.
Here, I've got to admit that I've not cut this parcel for a year and it was (is) looking really bad so I can't say I blame them for trying to widen the field of (pretty) view as you drive up.
Any thoughts on trees? I'm planning on going back there through the woods tonight if I can, with my wifes cousin so we can actually walk the path & see what it looks like up close. It's possible that from the lake, it was just a bad angle of view and I don't want to jump someone in error.
Ok... my wifes cousin lives next door. I've been out of town for several weeks. Years ago on the back side of the farm my father in law (his uncle) sold a handful of acres to someone who built a house. Later, they divorced & moved away. Someone else bought the house, split the land and built a spec house on the other parcel. This person as best I know, has never moved in.
For what it's worth, both houses have been for sale for probably 3 years now, clearly they're proud of their asking price? lol.
Anyways... this tract of land should be bordered on at least two sides by our farm if I understand the logistics, possibly three.
Talking to my wifes cousin this morning, he said he went around the farm on the boat (we're surrounded on 3 sides by lake & a cove on each left/right side)
Ok, so he went down the cove on the back side of the farm and all the sudden, he can see this spec house from the lake. This is a new development (as in a new issue) because you could never see this house before. He said from the lake, it looks like the guy has been mowing down trees that were blocking his view (trees that are suspected to be on the farm and not his to cut down)
Now, he can sell the house as "lake view" since he evidently has a clear view of the lake.
I've not been there yet as I just now heard about this and I don't yet know if he's cut his own trees or indeed, trees off the farm (and even TVA for that matter)
So, if he's cut his down, there is no foul.
If he's cut TVA trees down, which I doubt, then that's between him & TVA
My question is...
If in fact, he's cut down a tract of trees to create this view of the lake..."now what"?
1. We can tell him to "stop", however, they're already cut down
2. Perhaps sue him for their value, not to really make any money but perhaps to make a point to him that we will not stand for those practices? (even if we don't win anything)
3. Buy a dilapidated old Ham Radio tower and install it right in the field of view?
If this is true that he cut a swath of our trees down to create this view, it would seem clear to me that the reason he did so would be so he could now state "lake view" and perhaps try to sell it for more, or maybe just make his current price more attractive.
He does not live there, NO ONE has ever lived there, this is a spec house plain & simple and he's trying to create the best selling atmosphere he can.
I don't even know who the builder is (yet).
Oh... on the opposite side of his land, (where we clearly do butt up together) someone has been cutting 100' of our side of the line so the drive in looks nicer.
In general, I don't mind that as I myself (when cutting grass for my dads apartment buildings) was told to do the very same thing so the ratty grass next door woudln't look like it was 'our' ratty grass.
Here, I've got to admit that I've not cut this parcel for a year and it was (is) looking really bad so I can't say I blame them for trying to widen the field of (pretty) view as you drive up.
Any thoughts on trees? I'm planning on going back there through the woods tonight if I can, with my wifes cousin so we can actually walk the path & see what it looks like up close. It's possible that from the lake, it was just a bad angle of view and I don't want to jump someone in error.