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Offline eskimo2

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« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2008, 04:29:21 PM »
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If you were smart you'd but a couple 5 gallon cans of gas, wet down the easement then call yer nieghbor out to discuss the situation...pull out a cig and ask him for a light. When the easement goes up in flames yell "Ohhh MY GAWD what have you done?"

Then call the Fire Dept and Police... file a report on him.

:D

Distruction of a perfectly good easement for insurance purposes will cause him to move for sure.


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« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2008, 04:29:24 PM »
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should have split the lot side to side.

usually easment maintenance responsibilities are a part of the title, and made clear at the time of sale.

think you have a problem now, wait until potholes need to be filled or it needs to be paved.


The lot was narrow and deep; impossible to split side-to-side.

The only maintence discussed in the titles is summer maint (gravel and such).  I don't use it, so I don't pay. I reserve the right to use it, and if I do use it I am responsible for maint to the point of use, but no mention of snow removal...

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« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2008, 04:36:08 PM »
Never mind...

Have fun with your half of the easement.

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« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2008, 04:42:31 PM »
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Originally posted by AWMac
If you were smart you'd but a couple 5 gallon cans of gas, wet down the easement then call yer nieghbor out to discuss the situation...pull out a cig and ask him for a light. When the easement goes up in flames yell "Ohhh MY GAWD what have you done?"

Then call the Fire Dept and Police... file a report on him.


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« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2008, 05:19:19 PM »
Eskimo,

Thanks for the links.  That site looks great.  I just want to find out where I stand.  If I have to pay, I'll have to pay.  I won't like it but I won't have much choice.

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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2008, 05:51:29 PM »
buy your own plow, charge the other person to plow the road.

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« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2008, 06:00:55 PM »
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buy your own plow, charge the other person to plow the road.


There's a good solution... You plow it yourself, bill them for their half.

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« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2008, 06:01:39 PM »
Two solutions.

sell the easment and land lock the bastage.
(Probably not legal but sounds like fun LOL)

Orrr. plow ONLY  your half of the easment only and make sure all the debis is plowed onto his half.
Then wait for him to say "uncle"

If it were me thats what I would do.
But I can be a spiteful SOB once you've pissed me off or put a bug up my butt.
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« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2008, 06:02:35 PM »
Offer to sell them that piece of land and let them worry about it.

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« Reply #24 on: February 05, 2008, 06:04:38 PM »
Someone will decide for you...there is no getting out of this without compensating them.  They have no incentive.

Is there some other thing you can trade?   Can you squeeze them similarly on some basis?  Ride your dirt bike up and down the easement without a muffler?  :)

Had it been deeded correctly, you wouldn't be paying squat for the upkeep of the easement.  That, I can assure you.  Now, precedent will dictate.

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« Reply #25 on: February 05, 2008, 06:31:47 PM »
Amusing true story.

I live on a corner lot
I have a side walk only on one side of my property
One year we had a small sort. 2 inches or so.
typically around here when its that little nobody bothers to shovel cause its usually gone in a couple of days.

On this occasion the township got a bug up its but and sent warning notices around to everyone that didnt shovel this 2 inches that all snow was to be shoveled  whenever ity snowed to where the sidewalk meets the street on the corners.

and that in the future anyone that didnt shovel the wal would be issued a summons

Well you know when they pow the roads after a decent sized snowfall they often like to pile up the snow Which is now more like a solid block of ice about 6-7 feet high in one huge mound over a sewer drain?

Well there is one about 2 feet from where my sidewalk meets the road so when they pile it up there is a big huge mound of snow where my sidealk meets the street at the corner.

Next snowstorm was considerably more
So I did exactly what they said so as you walked down the sidewalk you suddenly met this dead end where the snow was piled up.
cop walks the sidewalk and I see him come to the end and suddenly stop at the wall of ice.

Me- " Hey how ya doing?"
him - "this sidewalk isnt clear"
Me-"yes it is. its done exactly the way the warning I received said to do."where the sidewalk meets the street (pointing down) See there is the curb"
Him - "You supposed to have egress to the street"
Me (clanging a shovel on the pile of ice) Well tel ya what. Either get the plows to stop piling it here or get the township to issue me a blastng permit to get through this and I'll be more then happy too (clanging the shovel against the ice again for emphasis)

Him "I see what you mean. i'll mention it. but if it happens again just clear a path to the road so people can walk."

Me (chuckling as the wheels of devience were turning in my head already)
Ok no prob.

Next decent sized storm.
(Did I mention my property has a 50 foot setback?)

I did exactly as he said. Took my handy dandy snowblower and cleared a path to the street. by way of the scenic route.
Right at the ice wal I turned the path hard right went in about 4 feet then went hard right again effectively forming a U turn. then plowed up about 40 feet and then made a hard left, in 4 feet then another hard left. And headed back toward the street again stopping about 5 feet short, then made another hard right and went back and forth across my entire front lawn in a zigzag pattern till it finally ended at the end of my driveway.

Next day Im watching the cop from my window as hes comming down the sidewalk looking curiously at this weird pattern in my yard. He stops at the ice wall. looks at the wall. then the path, then the wall again and I see him laughing as he's shaking his head. Evidently he said screw dat cause he walked thoughteh unplowed snow betweet the walkway and the road and kept going.

Havent seen him again since and they usually pile up the snow a little more to the side.
When they dont I just do the zigzag routine to remind em.

Ok ok sometimes I do it anyway just for fun.
Since the elementary scool is about a block and a half from my house the kids seem to love it.
Parents seem equally amused

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« Reply #26 on: February 05, 2008, 07:11:14 PM »
:lol Widewing beat me to it.
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« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2008, 07:40:12 PM »
Having a bit of experience in easements and right-of-ways I can tell you in Texas the person using the easement is responsable for maintenence and damages to the property. We don't have a lot of slowplowing around here tho.
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« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2008, 09:42:39 PM »
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Amusing true story.

I live on a corner lot
I have a side walk only on one side of my property
One year we had a small sort. 2 inches or so.
typically around here when its that little nobody bothers to shovel cause its usually gone in a couple of days.

On this occasion the township got a bug up its but and sent warning notices around to everyone that didnt shovel this 2 inches that all snow was to be shoveled  whenever ity snowed to where the sidewalk meets the street on the corners.

and that in the future anyone that didnt shovel the wal would be issued a summons

Well you know when they pow the roads after a decent sized snowfall they often like to pile up the snow Which is now more like a solid block of ice about 6-7 feet high in one huge mound over a sewer drain?

Well there is one about 2 feet from where my sidewalk meets the road so when they pile it up there is a big huge mound of snow where my sidealk meets the street at the corner.

Next snowstorm was considerably more
So I did exactly what they said so as you walked down the sidewalk you suddenly met this dead end where the snow was piled up.
cop walks the sidewalk and I see him come to the end and suddenly stop at the wall of ice.

Me- " Hey how ya doing?"
him - "this sidewalk isnt clear"
Me-"yes it is. its done exactly the way the warning I received said to do."where the sidewalk meets the street (pointing down) See there is the curb"
Him - "You supposed to have egress to the street"
Me (clanging a shovel on the pile of ice) Well tel ya what. Either get the plows to stop piling it here or get the township to issue me a blastng permit to get through this and I'll be more then happy too (clanging the shovel against the ice again for emphasis)

Him "I see what you mean. i'll mention it. but if it happens again just clear a path to the road so people can walk."

Me (chuckling as the wheels of devience were turning in my head already)
Ok no prob.

Next decent sized storm.
(Did I mention my property has a 50 foot setback?)

I did exactly as he said. Took my handy dandy snowblower and cleared a path to the street. by way of the scenic route.
Right at the ice wal I turned the path hard right went in about 4 feet then went hard right again effectively forming a U turn. then plowed up about 40 feet and then made a hard left, in 4 feet then another hard left. And headed back toward the street again stopping about 5 feet short, then made another hard right and went back and forth across my entire front lawn in a zigzag pattern till it finally ended at the end of my driveway.

Next day Im watching the cop from my window as hes comming down the sidewalk looking curiously at this weird pattern in my yard. He stops at the ice wall. looks at the wall. then the path, then the wall again and I see him laughing as he's shaking his head. Evidently he said screw dat cause he walked thoughteh unplowed snow betweet the walkway and the road and kept going.

Havent seen him again since and they usually pile up the snow a little more to the side.
When they dont I just do the zigzag routine to remind em.

Ok ok sometimes I do it anyway just for fun.
Since the elementary scool is about a block and a half from my house the kids seem to love it.
Parents seem equally amused

:D


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« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2008, 09:49:47 PM »
I havnt seen this mentioned but is the easement something you just made for them recently and if so, do you live in an area where easements need to be recorded and made a legal easement with the county that you live in? If its not a legal easement then it shouldnt be there on your property, and they are not entitled to use  your property as access to theirs,  unless you agreed to something during the sale.

Where I live its called being land locked if you dont have a legal easement to your property through someone elses land. I have property that I would be land locked from if it were not for a recorded and legal easement going through my neighbors property. There is nothing he can do or say about it.
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