chrisleacastle
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
New York
We bought our house about a year ago, and found out that the corner of our neighbors's shed is on our property (about 20 sqft). We know because of squatter's laws, they don't have to move it, nor would we ever ask them to. They are great neighbors and we really don't want to make things uncomfortable, but the problem is that they are also using the property behind the shed and next to the shed which is all ours. (A total of about 450 sq feet). We are putting up a small picket fence in the next week or so, and we are trying to decide whether to put the fence almost right up to the shed to claim back some of the land, or to just leave them what they've already claimed when we put up the fence. I'd like that land back, as it would make a great vegetable garden, but don't know what to do. Is it legal for us to put the fence up to their shed even if we wanted to? Thank you.
New York
We bought our house about a year ago, and found out that the corner of our neighbors's shed is on our property (about 20 sqft). We know because of squatter's laws, they don't have to move it, nor would we ever ask them to. They are great neighbors and we really don't want to make things uncomfortable, but the problem is that they are also using the property behind the shed and next to the shed which is all ours. (A total of about 450 sq feet). We are putting up a small picket fence in the next week or so, and we are trying to decide whether to put the fence almost right up to the shed to claim back some of the land, or to just leave them what they've already claimed when we put up the fence. I'd like that land back, as it would make a great vegetable garden, but don't know what to do. Is it legal for us to put the fence up to their shed even if we wanted to? Thank you.