Driveway easement in CO

[camel1071]

This thread involves an easement in CO. Here are the details: I have an easement with a neighbor in which their estate is the grantor and mine is the grantee. There is a space between our houses that can just accommodate a car or small truck and a driveway was put in this space before I bought the house. A month before I bought the house, the owners registered an easement that grants me use of the driveway space that belongs to the other owner. The easement also stipulates that I have no more than 30 minutes of parking time. Neither space-their side or my side is sufficient to park, but the spaces together are. Recently, there has been some tension about me parking in that space. As I understand it, I as the grantee have the right to park on their side of the driveway, but their granting this right to me did not give them the right to park on my side/property without my permission. If you can, please clarify this issue. Thank you.

 

[quincy]

This thread involves an easement in CO. Here are the details: I have an easement with a neighbor in which their estate is the grantor and mine is the grantee. There is a space between our houses that can just accommodate a car or small truck and a driveway was put in this space before I bought the house. A month before I bought the house, the owners registered an easement that grants me use of the driveway space that belongs to the other owner. The easement also stipulates that I have no more than 30 minutes of parking time. Neither space-their side or my side is sufficient to park, but the spaces together are. Recently, there has been some tension about me parking in that space. As I understand it, I as the grantee have the right to park on their side of the driveway, but their granting this right to me did not give them the right to park on my side/property without my permission. If you can, please clarify this issue. Thank you.

The actual wording of the easement grant needs to be personally reviewed. I suggest you locate a real estate attorney in your area to see exactly what rights you and the property owner have to the driveway.

We cannot do personal reviews on this forum.