ryjan32500
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts.
We moved into our home two years ago, our neighbor came right over and said he had a gentlemans agreement with the previous owner over taking care of the property along part of his driveway, which is actually our property. We told him no, that for the amount we spent to buy the home we plan on utilizing every square inch. He keeps on mowing and over fertilizing the area. We are not happy because our kids and pets like to run all thru the yard, and that ferilizer could kill my dog. He told us he didnt really care about the kids or dog. I went and spoke to him about it and brought over my plot plan explaining boundry lines to him. He went and had someone from the town come out and they put a stake on our property indicating the towns right-of-way easement which is 10' from the road(which somehow the just increased that this year) it did go all the way to the street in the past years which made his mailbox and part of his driveway on our property. when the town guy put the stake in ,he still put it in 18+' from the property line and the neighbor thinks that is the property line. In the mean time I have called a surveyor about this . I just cant afford him right now, he was able to lookup and tell me that there is/was a legal easement for his driveway, but he also told me he is encroaching on my propery and when he comes out to put in the markers/bounds he will draw up an encroachment plan that will stand up in court. he was also very upset that the town guy(water dept.) put in that stake. He said in this state you are not aloud to stake out boundries unless your a licensed surveyor. Is there anything I can say or do in the meantime until I can afford the surveyor, do the town have surveyors for this sort of thing. Also is there any way to revoke is driveway easement. Also he thinks the towns right of way easement is public property that he will be able to what he wants with....
We moved into our home two years ago, our neighbor came right over and said he had a gentlemans agreement with the previous owner over taking care of the property along part of his driveway, which is actually our property. We told him no, that for the amount we spent to buy the home we plan on utilizing every square inch. He keeps on mowing and over fertilizing the area. We are not happy because our kids and pets like to run all thru the yard, and that ferilizer could kill my dog. He told us he didnt really care about the kids or dog. I went and spoke to him about it and brought over my plot plan explaining boundry lines to him. He went and had someone from the town come out and they put a stake on our property indicating the towns right-of-way easement which is 10' from the road(which somehow the just increased that this year) it did go all the way to the street in the past years which made his mailbox and part of his driveway on our property. when the town guy put the stake in ,he still put it in 18+' from the property line and the neighbor thinks that is the property line. In the mean time I have called a surveyor about this . I just cant afford him right now, he was able to lookup and tell me that there is/was a legal easement for his driveway, but he also told me he is encroaching on my propery and when he comes out to put in the markers/bounds he will draw up an encroachment plan that will stand up in court. he was also very upset that the town guy(water dept.) put in that stake. He said in this state you are not aloud to stake out boundries unless your a licensed surveyor. Is there anything I can say or do in the meantime until I can afford the surveyor, do the town have surveyors for this sort of thing. Also is there any way to revoke is driveway easement. Also he thinks the towns right of way easement is public property that he will be able to what he wants with....