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VeeJay
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opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
We are buying my MIL's house, and we were informed by a recent survey that the fence in the back yard is 2 feet short of the property line. The Title Company wants the neighbor to sign an affidavit that they make no claim to the property even though it is on their side of the fence. Otherwise they will not insure that 2 feet of property.
At first I thought DH knew the neighbor so I told my attorney that we will just talk to them and have them sign the affidavit.
Turns out he doesn't know them and know he is debating on if we approach them and talk to them or have the attorney send a letter to them.
What are your thoughts?
ETA: there is a utility pole on the property line, that is why the fence is short of it.
Message edited 5/5/2013 12:43:17 PM.
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opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
we had to have two neighbors sign affidavits-our lawyer took care of it
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| Posted 5/5/13 2:22 PM |
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ChilisWife
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Re: opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
Since you are going to be living there, I would approach them first in a friendly way. No need to start out being neighbors with legal letters. Of course, if they refuse you may have no choice but I'd go introduce ourselves and talk to them about it. Keep in mind that they may want their own title company/lawyer to confirm your survey and may ask you to pay the costs of that.
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| Posted 5/5/13 2:24 PM |
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Re: opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
I'd approach them initially, then go from there.
Although, if this board is any proof, some neighbors can be real pricks about fences.
Good luck!!
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Domino
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Re: opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
I would "feel them out" about a boundary line agreement? How long has the fence been up? (adverse possession) They may not want to sign anything.
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| Posted 5/5/13 8:47 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
Posted by ChilisWife
Since you are going to be living there, I would approach them first in a friendly way. No need to start out being neighbors with legal letters. Of course, if they refuse you may have no choice but I'd go introduce ourselves and talk to them about it. Keep in mind that they may want their own title company/lawyer to confirm your survey and may ask you to pay the costs of that.
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Karen
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Re: opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
Posted by Domino
I would "feel them out" about a boundary line agreement? How long has the fence been up? (adverse possession) They may not want to sign anything.
That was my first thought. If the utility pole is on the actual property line, I am guessing the fence has always been in the wrong place. I can't remember the exact time (8-10 years I think), the property becomes theirs under the adverse possession rules.
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ali120206
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opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
We had to have two neighbors sign affadavits before we moved in - one has a shed on our property (we live one house in from the corner and 6 backyards border ours and we have issues with 4 - we are on two peoples property and two people are on ours).
DH went to them and explained the situation and they had no issues (he kind of knew both of them beforehand). We were looking to close and this was the last thing holding up the closing so it was quicker to have DH do it than the lawyer.
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| Posted 5/6/13 8:16 AM |
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VeeJay
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Re: opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
Posted by ChilisWife
Since you are going to be living there, I would approach them first in a friendly way. No need to start out being neighbors with legal letters. Of course, if they refuse you may have no choice but I'd go introduce ourselves and talk to them about it. Keep in mind that they may want their own title company/lawyer to confirm your survey and may ask you to pay the costs of that.
This was my thought too.
The fence has been up since my IL's bought the house (in the 70's). The neighbors bought thier house less than 5 years ago.
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| Posted 5/6/13 10:25 AM |
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Re: opinions needed - RE: fence/property line issue
when we bought our current house, the survey showed our neighbors fence was 6ft inside our property line. The lawyers drew up an agreement and the sellers had their neighbors sign. It wasn't a problem at all.
two weeks after closing, Irene hit and their tree fell into our yard and took out the fence. Thats how we met them - they then asked for a copy of the survey and moved the fence (the tree that fell was straddling the property line so I guess thats why the fence went up that way originally).
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