NorCalGray
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
We bought a flag lot that backs to a creek. Our neighbor who owns the parcel that borders the street bought the parcel as a subdivison of our previous owner in 1973. We own the driveway from the street to our property and our neighbor has Ingress/Egress easement of about 205' X 26'. Along the 205', they built their entry to the garages and they use it as they please. At the end of the 205' that is the corner to our rest of the property they have a openable ugly fence that they have never used in the past 5 yrs they have built the house and lived.
We want to put a gate past their garage and where their nice looking fence ends and want to give them full access to our gate in case they ever need to use the openable fence at the end of the driveway.
Initially when we met them for the first time, they said they had no problem. Later on, they came up with some lame excuses why they don't want us to build the gate right past their garage gate and that we should put our gate after their ugly openable fence.
The deed generally says ingress/egress easement (We are the grantor and they are the grantee). Can I build that entry gate right past the point where they use the driveway 99.999% of the time, or do I have to set my gate all the way past the 205' driveway?
We bought a flag lot that backs to a creek. Our neighbor who owns the parcel that borders the street bought the parcel as a subdivison of our previous owner in 1973. We own the driveway from the street to our property and our neighbor has Ingress/Egress easement of about 205' X 26'. Along the 205', they built their entry to the garages and they use it as they please. At the end of the 205' that is the corner to our rest of the property they have a openable ugly fence that they have never used in the past 5 yrs they have built the house and lived.
We want to put a gate past their garage and where their nice looking fence ends and want to give them full access to our gate in case they ever need to use the openable fence at the end of the driveway.
Initially when we met them for the first time, they said they had no problem. Later on, they came up with some lame excuses why they don't want us to build the gate right past their garage gate and that we should put our gate after their ugly openable fence.
The deed generally says ingress/egress easement (We are the grantor and they are the grantee). Can I build that entry gate right past the point where they use the driveway 99.999% of the time, or do I have to set my gate all the way past the 205' driveway?