What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
North Carolina
My husband and I bought 55 acres approx. 8 years ago. A neighbor on the far side of our property wrote me a letter not long after we purchased the property, asking if she could buy the corner acre of our land because she built her house right up against our land and in order to leave her property on her road, she needs to travel approx. 2 miles. She has trouble maintaining her road because she has 100 acres to drive through and there is another 100 acres or so once she leaves her property line. Basically, she's in the middle of nowhere and built her house as far from the main road as is possible. She wanted to buy a piece of my property because there is a right of way behind my land and she could make a small road from her land to the row if she could travel to it via my property. My property is between her and the row. I answered her and told her the reason we bought the property was to build a horse farm and that land will be a pasture and will be fenced off in the future. I told her that I would put up a gate large enough for her to ingress and egress if ever she had an emergency and had to get out, but the property was not for sale. I told her she could use our property to access the row until we fenced it off. I never heard from her again.
Years later, we started building our home. She stopped by and talked to my husband. He told her the same thing...that she could use it till we put up the fence. We returned to NY as construction was ongoing.
Finally, moved into our home 1 1/2 years ago. We rarely go to the other side of the property, but I did go the first week we moved here. Turns out she has dumped gravel on our property to make a road for herself! Certainly, that was not acceptable to me as that land will be used for horses angravel is not good for their feet. I let it go. I now find out she has purchased another neighbors house and land that is directly on the row that she uses via my property. I don't know if she bought it because she wants the house or because she wants the land and row that goes with it, but it really doesn't matter because she cannot access it unless she cuts through our property anyway. We have been clearing the land for my horses and sometime next week they will be approaching the far end of the property where she will see the workers and know what's going on. I am anticipating trouble because she has everyone in this neighborhood rolling their eyes when her name comes up. Apparently, since she's been using the row, people have had trouble with her speeding among other things. She used another row that forks off the main one because it's in better condition and the owner of that row told her she couldn't use it anymore because he had small children and he was concerned she might hit one of them as she won't slow down.
I know this has been a long explanation for a pretty short question. Maybe I'm venting. Question: When we put the fence up, can she cause any trouble for us since she has been cutting across our property for years now? Our deed shows no row in that area or any area on our land. Can she make a claim that she's been using it for years and now that she's bought the land that connects to the row it would cause her undue hardship if she couldn't access it via our property?
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
North Carolina
My husband and I bought 55 acres approx. 8 years ago. A neighbor on the far side of our property wrote me a letter not long after we purchased the property, asking if she could buy the corner acre of our land because she built her house right up against our land and in order to leave her property on her road, she needs to travel approx. 2 miles. She has trouble maintaining her road because she has 100 acres to drive through and there is another 100 acres or so once she leaves her property line. Basically, she's in the middle of nowhere and built her house as far from the main road as is possible. She wanted to buy a piece of my property because there is a right of way behind my land and she could make a small road from her land to the row if she could travel to it via my property. My property is between her and the row. I answered her and told her the reason we bought the property was to build a horse farm and that land will be a pasture and will be fenced off in the future. I told her that I would put up a gate large enough for her to ingress and egress if ever she had an emergency and had to get out, but the property was not for sale. I told her she could use our property to access the row until we fenced it off. I never heard from her again.
Years later, we started building our home. She stopped by and talked to my husband. He told her the same thing...that she could use it till we put up the fence. We returned to NY as construction was ongoing.
Finally, moved into our home 1 1/2 years ago. We rarely go to the other side of the property, but I did go the first week we moved here. Turns out she has dumped gravel on our property to make a road for herself! Certainly, that was not acceptable to me as that land will be used for horses angravel is not good for their feet. I let it go. I now find out she has purchased another neighbors house and land that is directly on the row that she uses via my property. I don't know if she bought it because she wants the house or because she wants the land and row that goes with it, but it really doesn't matter because she cannot access it unless she cuts through our property anyway. We have been clearing the land for my horses and sometime next week they will be approaching the far end of the property where she will see the workers and know what's going on. I am anticipating trouble because she has everyone in this neighborhood rolling their eyes when her name comes up. Apparently, since she's been using the row, people have had trouble with her speeding among other things. She used another row that forks off the main one because it's in better condition and the owner of that row told her she couldn't use it anymore because he had small children and he was concerned she might hit one of them as she won't slow down.
I know this has been a long explanation for a pretty short question. Maybe I'm venting. Question: When we put the fence up, can she cause any trouble for us since she has been cutting across our property for years now? Our deed shows no row in that area or any area on our land. Can she make a claim that she's been using it for years and now that she's bought the land that connects to the row it would cause her undue hardship if she couldn't access it via our property?