ruralga_blues
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia
Me and my 9 or more neighbors (we still have a few lots bought but not developed) live in a little subdivision with a nice dirt road with ditches and blue street signs. However, no one seemed to notice that we each and every one of us owned the easements to the road we live on. The man who constructed the subdivision and sold us the land said that once the last piece of property back there was sold, he no longer was responsible for grading the road. We believe that happened two years or so ago, since the road has not been graded.
We are all at each others throats because the repairs to our cars are expensive, and many of us would be happy to chip in to have the road graded if we have to, but of course there are a few neighbors that refuse to pay anything for the road. Neighbors are turning against neighbors.
I was told by the guy who developed the subdivision that we were responsible for maintaining our easements, but this seems ridiculous since I don't use the easement, also, I have two easements to the same pieces of property and they are long, so I would need to fence one off (no one would be landlocked by this.
The road sign says "Private Road" and it wouldn't surprise me if federal rural development grants were used to develop this area. The bare minimum was done. We do have garbage trucks come down the road, but the county won't pick it up as they say "too few people live down there". Isn't nine people sharing a dirt road enough?
We had expected, since this was a subdivision, that the county would pick up the road. What can we do? I suggested that the neighbors who are willing all pitch in and grade the parts of the road that are not on the other neighbor's land. And then we address him legally. we are all really poor, so this is difficult. What can we do? The subdivision guy dumped this on us and we have no shared driveway agreement at all.
Any help would be appreciated.
Blue in rural GA
Me and my 9 or more neighbors (we still have a few lots bought but not developed) live in a little subdivision with a nice dirt road with ditches and blue street signs. However, no one seemed to notice that we each and every one of us owned the easements to the road we live on. The man who constructed the subdivision and sold us the land said that once the last piece of property back there was sold, he no longer was responsible for grading the road. We believe that happened two years or so ago, since the road has not been graded.
We are all at each others throats because the repairs to our cars are expensive, and many of us would be happy to chip in to have the road graded if we have to, but of course there are a few neighbors that refuse to pay anything for the road. Neighbors are turning against neighbors.
I was told by the guy who developed the subdivision that we were responsible for maintaining our easements, but this seems ridiculous since I don't use the easement, also, I have two easements to the same pieces of property and they are long, so I would need to fence one off (no one would be landlocked by this.
The road sign says "Private Road" and it wouldn't surprise me if federal rural development grants were used to develop this area. The bare minimum was done. We do have garbage trucks come down the road, but the county won't pick it up as they say "too few people live down there". Isn't nine people sharing a dirt road enough?
We had expected, since this was a subdivision, that the county would pick up the road. What can we do? I suggested that the neighbors who are willing all pitch in and grade the parts of the road that are not on the other neighbor's land. And then we address him legally. we are all really poor, so this is difficult. What can we do? The subdivision guy dumped this on us and we have no shared driveway agreement at all.
Any help would be appreciated.
Blue in rural GA