Do I have to give my neighbor a 30 day notice to move something he has put on my farm

[TheMan419]

Go see a layer. Find out what your rights are. First letter from you should be nice and sent after you talk to the lawyer. Give him 30 days to move it. If not then have the lawyer get directly involved.

Sending the first letter from the lawyer will only put gasoline on the fire.

If you have to sue for trespass most states would allow you to recoup the attorney fees and costs such as the survey. The time and aggravation of such a suit will more than offset the money won if you can collect it.

 

[polo1665]

Personally, I would prefer a moat with sharks.

Sharks?.....with fricking laser beams on their heads?

 

[oosik]

Makes me very glad I live where I do and not next door to the OP or his neighbor. This situation will never end........

 

[lilranch2001]

Me too, glad I have awesome relationships with my neighbors!

 

[Oldoak]

................. glad I have awesome relationships with my neighbors!

Likewise. However that situation could change with the death of a very good neighbor or a neighbor sells out or even family members inheriting the property can change neighborhood relationships.

 

[mikester]

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That puts the container and a pile of wood about 30 feet into our property.

Does he keep his guests in the storage container?

If the firewood is good stuff be happy hes giving it to you and start using it up in your stove. Ownership is nine tenths the law!

Since hes running an unlicensed hotel on the property and an absentee property owner you are not going to have a lot of luck dealing with him. Send a registered letter informing him that his container is on your property and in 21 days you will remove it. If the wood pile is junk push it over to his side with your loader. Absentee landlords never last because they arent in it for the long haul.

 

[MossRoad]

My neighbor moved in last summer. Started a BNB managed lodge and now does not live on the property. We have had easement issues (previously discussed here) and not on the best of terms.
While he was here we discussed if he knew wjere the property line was. He pointed out what the previous showed him and that was in line with the county aerial drawing. The property a few years back was surveyed and market but all is overgrown.

Last summer he moved in a shipping container. It was placed on the property line but seemed to be on our side. I let it pass because of how long the easement issue has taken (still not finished on that either).
I called the survey company a couple months ago to locate the pins set on the line. Last week they finally had time. The shipping container is about 5 feet from the property line and on our side. That puts the container and a pile of wood about 30 feet into our property.

It is placed noticeably into our property from the description he gave me so he would have done this knowing it was over the line.
I am writeing a notice letter in which I am including a picture of the survey pin and his container.
Notifing him of the survey
Billing him for the survey as well as charging him a monthly storage fee.
Also notifing him it needs to be moved.

Question is am I missing anything here as far as my rights?

You need to stop writing letters and get an attorney. You shouldn't try and take care of this yourself, as much as you'd like to.

Here's some more gasoline for your fire.... he may need a permit from the health department for his BNB if it's in Washington State.

License Requirements :: Washington State Department of Health

Transient Accommodations (Hotels and Motels)
License Requirements Washington State Health Department.

 

[EddieWalker]

Since there is no fence, and the survey markers are overgrown, it is very unlikely that he owes you anything. If you had a fence, that would be a different situation, but since there isn't a defined line, then all you have is an oopsy. Fences make good neighbors. Start building your fence and let your neighbor know that he made a mistake on where he put his container and firewood. Ask him to help clearing the land and pay for half of the fence, but don't expect him to actually do or pay anything.

In order to demand payment from somebody, you either have to have an agreed upon price for services, or use, or you have to go through the courts for damages. Either way, you will have to have a judge issue the bill for it to have any validity.

I've had neighbors of jobs that I've been working on demand that I pay them for something because of what their neighbor did or didn't do, and even had lawyers tell me that I needed to make it right by paying a certain amount of money, or doing the work that the neighbor wanted done. I decline and that's where it ends. They never take it to court because it was just a bluff without any legal backing. Lawyers do this all the time.

 

[DerbyRunner]

Good reasonable advice Eddie!

 

[Sigarms]

I've had neighbors of jobs that I've been working on demand that I pay them for something because of what their neighbor did or didn't do, and even had lawyers tell me that I needed to make it right by paying a certain amount of money, or doing the work that the neighbor wanted done. I decline and that's where it ends. They never take it to court because it was just a bluff without any legal backing. Lawyers do this all the time.

I've call a mehcanic's bluff a long time ago on a invoice I refused to pay.

I believe there is a difference between a laywer verbally telling you that you need to do something vs a certified letter from the same lawyer informing you what they are asking you do do. You should always follow up with any written letters IMO, particularly if they're sent "registered mail" and you signed for the letter.

I could be wrong, but that's my thought on it...