What is the name of your state? Missouri
We bought our home several months ago. We own a home with 6 acres. There is a road that dead ends into our field. The man who owns the 100 acres behind us has an access easement on our land from the end of the dead end road through our field. We have fenced off the easement area so he cannot access the rest of the field (which is not part of the easement).
A few problems:
1. After we purchased our home he has started using bulldozers and such with his business and he stores them on his land. He pulls these heavy machines through our field (easement) and has caused deep, deep ruts in it. Does he have to repair this? Our easement states nothing to that effect.
2. His 22 yr old son and friends ride their 4 wheelers and motorcycles going about 40 mph down our field and back again to his property (over and over again). They also drive too fast in their trucks on our property. We have asked them to slow down because we have small children and pets and because it is tearing up the field. I also don't feel this is strictly ingress and egress. He is using our property for more than just getting into and out of his property.
3. He allows his friends access on our property to get to his property anytime they want in order for them to get to the river or ride their motorcycles. I thought the easement was for only the owners of the property behind us - not every one of their friends.
They had another way in and out of their property. HOwever, they did not have a written easement and they tore up the property and misused it to the point the owners of the land told them they weren't allowed access through their property anymore.
The previous owners of our property had their horses on that easement and we plan on doing that too. But due to the damage the users of the easement have caused, we may not be able to put horses on it without repairing it.
Thanks for any info.
We bought our home several months ago. We own a home with 6 acres. There is a road that dead ends into our field. The man who owns the 100 acres behind us has an access easement on our land from the end of the dead end road through our field. We have fenced off the easement area so he cannot access the rest of the field (which is not part of the easement).
A few problems:
1. After we purchased our home he has started using bulldozers and such with his business and he stores them on his land. He pulls these heavy machines through our field (easement) and has caused deep, deep ruts in it. Does he have to repair this? Our easement states nothing to that effect.
2. His 22 yr old son and friends ride their 4 wheelers and motorcycles going about 40 mph down our field and back again to his property (over and over again). They also drive too fast in their trucks on our property. We have asked them to slow down because we have small children and pets and because it is tearing up the field. I also don't feel this is strictly ingress and egress. He is using our property for more than just getting into and out of his property.
3. He allows his friends access on our property to get to his property anytime they want in order for them to get to the river or ride their motorcycles. I thought the easement was for only the owners of the property behind us - not every one of their friends.
They had another way in and out of their property. HOwever, they did not have a written easement and they tore up the property and misused it to the point the owners of the land told them they weren't allowed access through their property anymore.
The previous owners of our property had their horses on that easement and we plan on doing that too. But due to the damage the users of the easement have caused, we may not be able to put horses on it without repairing it.
Thanks for any info.
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