Neighbor Relations

[R_Walter]

As someone else pointed out property laws and who's responsibility to fence varies greatly by state. In rural NM if you don't want someone's cattle on your land, it's your responsibility to fence them out!

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Three years ago we bought our property in SW Virginia. 80 acres that hadn't been surveyed, if ever. I spent several thousand dollars to have it surveyed, t posts, and legally filed at the courthouse. One neighbor went ape **** when the "new" property line ended up literally 25 ft off of his house. He huffed and puffed, accused my surveyor of not knowing what he was doing, and made a scene. Turns out he never bothered to have a survey done when he built his nice, new home a few years earlier, cause he was too cheap. I told him he better play nice, or I would put my compost pile in his back yard, not to mention anything else I felt like dragging up there. Needless to say, he doesn't speak to us, but has respected the property line and leaves us alone.

 

[ultrarunner]

Folks had 37 neighbors with city lots adjoining their land on one side... a school and a park on the back side and a large landowner on the other side...

For the most part... they just lived with it... no fun when everyday is a battle... in the end Dad sold off the part of the property with all but two of the city lot neighbors... I could feel the stress level go down.

A friend had a buddy the did foundation drilling and they set sonotube concrete columns for corners 12' down... the neighbor pitched a fit and threatened legal action and then his lawyer had him pay for a survey and he finally learned it was never his land.

A lawyer I know was having trouble with his vacation property... so he sent a lease to the neighbor giving the neighbor the option to lease his land for grazing... that was the end of it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

There's a property near me up for sale a few yrs ago, it goes behind 30+ lots. The house with it had a blue tarp on the roof for yrs. They were asking a totally ridiculous price, it never sold. I sure wouldn't want it with all those neighbors.

 

[Zerk]

I wouldn't spend money on a lawyer, at this point. Little has happened yet. I'd talk to the guy about the property line, since he thinks differently then you.

I was going to spend any money it would be on a new survey if he is adamant that sures is wrong. There may be another forum with a discussion how this guy thinks he owns my land.


Seems a lot of people on here have to much money. I have no problem with starting a feud with the neighbors. I'd talk to the guy one way or the other first.

 

[bcp]

In post #1, it doesn't sound like there is a dispute about where the property line is located. The neighbor just wants to use the Got2BTru's land.

Bruce

 

[Zerk]

It does sound odd to ask a person not to mow their property. But if it was some remote section, I can see saying, hey don't cut this on my account. A person may cut their yard just cause it borders the neighbors where they cut. It is not unusual for one neghbor to go cut his grass, cause the neighbor just cut his, and now his looks bad.

Also depends on where you live, but cutting someone else grass is not unusual either. You go a few more feet so you don't look like a prick. Now some areas people are strict about lot lines. Really comes down to if you got a rider or push mower.


Planting on someone else's property is an issue. But there may be a dispute on surveys.

 

[4570Man]

It does sound odd to ask a person not to mow their property. But if it was some remote section, I can see saying, hey don't cut this on my account. A person may cut their yard just cause it borders the neighbors where they cut. It is not unusual for one neghbor to go cut his grass, cause the neighbor just cut his, and now his looks bad. Also depends on where you live, but cutting someone else grass is not unusual either. You go a few more feet so you don't look like a prick. Now some areas people are strict about lot lines. Really comes down to if you got a rider or push mower. Planting on someone else's property is an issue. But there may be a dispute on surveys.

My neighbor sure doesn't mow a few feet over. He stops 20 feet short of the property line. Even if I beat him to mowing and I stop at the property line he still leaves 20 feet on his property for me to mow next time. There are still post up marking the property line, so surly he knows where the line is at. Maybe he decided to give me that 1/2 acre. I have mowed yards in the local higher end neighborhoods, and some of those old farts get pissed if you mow 6 inches over the property line.

 

[ultrarunner]

Good Fences make good neighbors?

 

[Zerk]

My neighbor sure doesn't mow a few feet over. He stops 20 feet short of the property line. Even if I beat him to mowing and I stop at the property line he still leaves 20 feet on his property for me to mow next time. There are still post up marking the property line, so surly he knows where the line is at. Maybe he decided to give me that 1/2 acre. I have mowed yards in the local higher end neighborhoods, and some of those old farts get pissed if you mow 6 inches over the property line.

Varies by area. Around here in the country, with riding mower, it is not unusual to take a few passes on the other guys side.