Hi,
I hope someone here can give me advice in the following situation.
I own ten acres and from our house there is a beautiful view.Our neighbor also owns 10 acres, but he is landlocked and therefore has a 60 foot wide easement which goes right in front of our house to another private road which connects with a county road.
I have bought two buildable lots worth over 40000.- each(include are the LIDs) that border onto his property and connect directly to a county road, with the intention to provide another access for my neighbor.I have offered to giftdeed those lots to my neighbor in order for him to relinquish the easement he currently has.
The lots I want to give to him would make it much easier to access to his property except he would have to build a road.
My neighbor is not satisfied with the offer I have made and might also want to be paid to have the road built.These lots I'm offering are not dumpy lots they have a gentle slope and are completely buildable.My neighbor knows how much the existing easement impacts my property(It is 60 foot wide and crosses right in front of my house)I think he is getting greedy and I want to know if there is a way to force my neighbor to accept my very substantial gift and give up the easement..
Another idea is :I keep the lots and build a road that connects to his property.Can I force him to give up the original easement?Again the new access would be much shorter(250 ft vs 1/4 mile) and connect directly to a county maintained road.
I would really apprecciate any advice
Thank you
Roxy
I hope someone here can give me advice in the following situation.
I own ten acres and from our house there is a beautiful view.Our neighbor also owns 10 acres, but he is landlocked and therefore has a 60 foot wide easement which goes right in front of our house to another private road which connects with a county road.
I have bought two buildable lots worth over 40000.- each(include are the LIDs) that border onto his property and connect directly to a county road, with the intention to provide another access for my neighbor.I have offered to giftdeed those lots to my neighbor in order for him to relinquish the easement he currently has.
The lots I want to give to him would make it much easier to access to his property except he would have to build a road.
My neighbor is not satisfied with the offer I have made and might also want to be paid to have the road built.These lots I'm offering are not dumpy lots they have a gentle slope and are completely buildable.My neighbor knows how much the existing easement impacts my property(It is 60 foot wide and crosses right in front of my house)I think he is getting greedy and I want to know if there is a way to force my neighbor to accept my very substantial gift and give up the easement..
Another idea is :I keep the lots and build a road that connects to his property.Can I force him to give up the original easement?Again the new access would be much shorter(250 ft vs 1/4 mile) and connect directly to a county maintained road.
I would really apprecciate any advice
Thank you
Roxy