What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
I purchased a riverfront property with appx 2 acres, 101 ft wide by about 900 foot deep. I learn soon after I contracted to buy the Home that there is a 30 yr old easement for ingress and egress which runs 16ft wide across the front running 560 ft deep along the south side of the property which my neighbor and I use as a driveway. So now I have about 86 ft by 560 in the front portion of the property unencumbered by the easement. My neighbors property is the same as mine except his is appx 150 wide. We both have a road that runs directly In front of both of our properties so neither of us are landlocked even if the easement was not there. At one time I believe he might have only owned the rear 1 acre and needed the easement for ingress and egress. The builder I bought the home from built the my new house in front of the existing home then tore down the old one thus making the easement extremely close to the new home. He said he was going to have the easement removed or talk to the neighbor to see if he would agree but he never did. After I spoke with my neighbor he said he didn’t want to do away, or move his entrance because it made his property look bigger then it is. The easement terminates when they sell or move from the property. The neighbors are both in their 70’s and have indicated that they will never sell or move because they have been there forever. I’ve offered to pay him a sum and build a nice driveway for them but they have refused. Lots of advices being offered and one was; “go ahead and put up a fence Because they are not landlocked and can still access their property from the road in the front and let them sue you. The next strategy was to hire an Attorney to get it removed. Any advice would be helpful.
I purchased a riverfront property with appx 2 acres, 101 ft wide by about 900 foot deep. I learn soon after I contracted to buy the Home that there is a 30 yr old easement for ingress and egress which runs 16ft wide across the front running 560 ft deep along the south side of the property which my neighbor and I use as a driveway. So now I have about 86 ft by 560 in the front portion of the property unencumbered by the easement. My neighbors property is the same as mine except his is appx 150 wide. We both have a road that runs directly In front of both of our properties so neither of us are landlocked even if the easement was not there. At one time I believe he might have only owned the rear 1 acre and needed the easement for ingress and egress. The builder I bought the home from built the my new house in front of the existing home then tore down the old one thus making the easement extremely close to the new home. He said he was going to have the easement removed or talk to the neighbor to see if he would agree but he never did. After I spoke with my neighbor he said he didn’t want to do away, or move his entrance because it made his property look bigger then it is. The easement terminates when they sell or move from the property. The neighbors are both in their 70’s and have indicated that they will never sell or move because they have been there forever. I’ve offered to pay him a sum and build a nice driveway for them but they have refused. Lots of advices being offered and one was; “go ahead and put up a fence Because they are not landlocked and can still access their property from the road in the front and let them sue you. The next strategy was to hire an Attorney to get it removed. Any advice would be helpful.
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