[Westy]

Got a letter in the mail today from some developer asking me to give him an additional 10 ft easment on my property so he can run water lines to a new housing development. I have to laugh, so this guy from 300 miles away wants to make a few million $$ on a housing developement and wants me to give away additional property rights so he can do it? The town already has a 15 ft easment and he wants me to let him take another 10 so he can cut down a bunch of trees on my yard and increase traffic in front of my house?? Of course if it comes down to it some town official will be bribed well enought to just take it but I am certainly not going to just hand it over. Anybody have a few landmines they would like to sell.

 

[DRB]

Got a letter in the mail today from some developer asking me to give him an additional 10 ft easment on my property so he can run water lines to a new housing development. I have to laugh, so this guy from 300 miles away wants to make a few million $$ on a housing developement and wants me to give away additional property rights so he can do it? The town already has a 15 ft easment and he wants me to let him take another 10 so he can cut down a bunch of trees on my yard and increase traffic in front of my house?? Of course if it comes down to it some town official will be bribed well enought to just take it but I am certainly not going to just hand it over. Anybody have a few landmines they would like to sell.

What compensation did they offer? A developer gave my parent $10000 to run water lines across the corner of their yard. They cut down a few trees but re-landscaped it that their cost when they were done.

 

[Westy]

What compensation did they offer? A developer gave my parent $10000 to run water lines across the corner of their yard. They cut down a few trees but re-landscaped it that their cost when they were done.

They offered exactly $000,000.00 in compensation, that is what makes it so outrageous. The letter mentioned it being a neighborly request, the landowner lives a couple hundred miles away .

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

Reply in writing... I am not interested in relinquishing any property rights without compensation.

 

[Zark]

Kindly suggest an orifice for them to put their easement

 

[Westy]

Reply in writing... I am not interested in relinquishing any property rights without compensation.

Good idea, it came with a return letter with a checkbox saying yes or no. I'll be checking no and throwing in a letter. I'm sure all of the people on my side of the street got the letter.

 

[Westy]

Kindly suggest an orifice for them to put their easement

Even better, I should ask for a 3ft wide 25 mile long singletrack easement that wanders randomly over his 500 acres of hilly wooded land.

 

[Tweek]

F that, Westy! The least I'd want is to be compensated a yearly percentage of the millions of $$ he's going to make on that development.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I think Westy should give me his 575 as a gesture of good neighborship.

 

[Westy]

I think Westy should give me his 575 as a gesture of good neighborship.

Move to Barboursville Va and you can ride it whenever you want.

 

[N8 v2.0]

He'll get the easement and you'll get nada... remember the US Supreme Court ruling earlier this week???

 

[clancy98]

doesn't mean you should just roll over.


Lest thats your style.

 

[Westy]

He'll get the easement and you'll get nada... remember the US Supreme Court ruling earlier this week???

Yep, but there is no reason for me to make it easy on him. Didn't the S.C. ruling have to do with forced purchases of property and not just annexation?

 

[stosh]

I'm not really sure how an easement for a developement could be classified as the governments problem.

This sounds to be a private venture by the developer. You don't have to give anything away.

If you don't want to give it away just make him realise that it will cost him more to fight you than it would to just buy it from you. Even before it goes to court it will cost him a lot of time and professional's $ to get it to that point.

If you haven't already have your property surveyed. Make sure that he is allowed to run the piping where it is in relation to your house. Check the setbacks in your local zoning ordinance.

 

[Westy]

I'm not really sure how an easement for a developement could be classified as the governments problem.

This sounds to be a private venture by the developer. You don't have to give anything away.

If you don't want to give it away just make him realise that it will cost him more to fight you than it would to just buy it from you. Even before it goes to court it will cost him a lot of time and professional's $ to get it to that point.

If you haven't already have your property surveyed. Make sure that he is allowed to run the piping where it is in relation to your house. Check the setbacks in your local zoning ordinance.

Good call

I only have a small chunk of land, my house is already on the edge of the existing easement and setback, in theory an additional easement may be illegal or at least a little harder to pass through. I do need to find where my septic tank leach field is although the dense patch of woods in the front of my yard tells me it is not near the easement. I just don't want to loose my little chunk of trees, give my small yard a good deal of privacy not to mention much needed shade.

 

[Wumpus]

he wants me to let him take another 10 so he can cut down a bunch of trees on my yard

Tree Appraisal

 

[DRB]

I guess I should have said that what you got was similar to what my parents got. They responded with while they might be amicable with providing an easement that it would require compensation and the re-landscaping. That was when the gave the offer the accepted. Dad said it was obvious they would have given more BUT he didn't need more for what they did.

I wouldn't worry about them condemning the land and taking it. Claiming eminent domain without compensation is unheard of.

 

[clancy98]

Tree Appraisal

now THATS a good idea!

 

[MtnBikerChk]

have a lawyer write your letter!

 

[dh girlie]

They offered exactly $000,000.00 in compensation, that is what makes it so outrageous. The letter mentioned it being a neighborly request, the landowner lives a couple hundred miles away .

HAHAHAHAHA! At the bolded stuff...

F them...what a bunch of f'ers...neighborly my ass...I just LOVE that the cable company has an easement in my NEIGHBORS yard but feels free to climb my f'ing fence and f up the way the gate hangs...I caught the same f'er TWICE climbing my fence when he could have just asked...next time I will go to Pit-Bulls-R-Us and rent me a 90 pound man eater to greet the dirtbag cable guy.

 

[SK6]

They offered exactly $000,000.00 in compensation, that is what makes it so outrageous. The letter mentioned it being a neighborly request, the landowner lives a couple hundred miles away .

Actually, consultation with an attorney would be highly recommended, as it is my personal belief that this type of solicitation is a violation of certain statutes.

As a realtor, I can say that assigning the easement without compensation is insane, and that the developer to think you would relinquish certain rights to your real property is ludicrous.

 

[SK6]

have a lawyer write your letter!

Great advise!

 

[dh girlie]

Actually, consultation with an attorney would be highly recommended, as it is my personal belief that this type of solicitation is a violation of certain statutes.

As a realtor, I can say that assigning the easement without compensation is insane, and that the developer to think you would relinquish certain rights to your real property is ludicrous.

Wheres my jp clip you promised!

 

[Westy]

Actually, consultation with an attorney would be highly recommended, as it is my personal belief that this type of solicitation is a violation of certain statutes.

As a realtor, I can say that assigning the easement without compensation is insane, and that the developer to think you would relinquish certain rights to your real property is ludicrous.

My guess the letter was a scam to try and get as many suckers as they can to sign over the easement for free. I'll be talking to my neighbors to make sure they don't make any mistakes.

 

[SK6]

Wheres my jp clip you promised!

I sent it....

I will attempt to send it again

 

[LOOnatic]

HAHAHAHAHA! .I caught the same f'er TWICE climbing my fence when he could have just asked...next time I will go to Pit-Bulls-R-Us and rent me a 90 pound man eater to greet the dirtbag cable guy.

You know a chihuahua will do the same thing

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

have a lawyer write your letter!

Why would you do that when you have all this spectacular e-advice FOR FREE!

 

[Westy]

rent me a 90 pound man eater to greet the dirtbag cable guy.

I new some girls in college like that. 90 lbs, man eaters and easily rented.

 

[Echo]

I wonder if it would be better to talk to all the neighbors and tell them you are gonna ask for $$, and have them ask too, or just be one of the few to ask for $$. If the developer has a million bucks set aside to buy easements, I guess it would be better if less people asked...

 

[Brian HCM#1]

You know a chihuahua will do the same thing

Yep............. eat & sh*t on the carpet.

 

[Skookum]

Dude can i build some dirt jumps and ladder bridges in your back yard. i was also wondering what kind of siding do you have in case i want to use the side of your house for a wall ride, and do you have a pitched roof or flat roof for a killer drop.
Actually just send me a pm yes or no and i'll figure out the rest.

 

[riderx]

Tell him you will trade him the easement rights for a 1 acre plot in his development. After all, it would be the neighborly thing for him to do.

 

[dh girlie]

I new some girls in college like that. 90 lbs, man eaters and easily rented.

90lb girls? doens't sound like they were eating ANYTHING at 90 lbs....

 

[JRB]

90lb girls? doens't sound like they were eating ANYTHING at 90 lbs....

He didn't point out that his bitches were really just large dogs.

 

[Westy]

He didn't point out that his bitches were really just large dogs.

It was cold up there. Stuff something into a parka and it was hard to tell what it was.

 

[Toshi]

90lb girls? doens't sound like they were eating ANYTHING at 90 lbs....

"man-eating" does not necessarily involve calorie consumption, urban legends aside

 

[JRB]

You thinking about *eating* from teh wrong end. I know some 90 pounders that can eat a man alive, without ever actually eating. mmm... skinny spinners...mmm... oh wait, what were we talking about?

I'll bet you have pics of them in a secret mail account too, huh???

 

[hooples3]

you need to at least get a new bike or two out of the loss of your land

 

[johnbryanpeters]

If you like your trees, don't even bother replying.

 

[firetoole]

You should tell them you have relatives buried on that land and it will cost dearly $$$$$$