What is the name of your state? Tennessee
There is a strip of land behind my back property line and the back lines of several adjoing properties that is "trapped", i.e. the land on the other side of this strip is owned by others. The only legal access to this land is through the owner's property, her house is two doors down from mine. I live at the southern end of this strip and I want to buy the section that would result if my northern property line was projected across it, that is I want to increase the size of my back yard by the width of this strip. The owner wants to sell that section to me and we've agreed on a price of $1650. It has three known boundaries and the fourth would need to be created by projecting my north prop. line across it.
Since it's such a small piece of land (6000 square feet) and such a small price, the owner and I don't want to spend a fortune doing this deal. I realize we'll have to pay to have the new northern boundary surveyed, but what else do we need? Can we do this without an attorney? Any advice would be helpful. One friend of hers suggested a scenario that would cost almost $800. That seems ridiculous for a $1650 transaction. Thanks in advance for any help.
There is a strip of land behind my back property line and the back lines of several adjoing properties that is "trapped", i.e. the land on the other side of this strip is owned by others. The only legal access to this land is through the owner's property, her house is two doors down from mine. I live at the southern end of this strip and I want to buy the section that would result if my northern property line was projected across it, that is I want to increase the size of my back yard by the width of this strip. The owner wants to sell that section to me and we've agreed on a price of $1650. It has three known boundaries and the fourth would need to be created by projecting my north prop. line across it.
Since it's such a small piece of land (6000 square feet) and such a small price, the owner and I don't want to spend a fortune doing this deal. I realize we'll have to pay to have the new northern boundary surveyed, but what else do we need? Can we do this without an attorney? Any advice would be helpful. One friend of hers suggested a scenario that would cost almost $800. That seems ridiculous for a $1650 transaction. Thanks in advance for any help.