Storage/Parking away from the house???
Long story but basically neighbor's new boyfriend has decided he needs the one foot (literally) that we are over the property line when parking our MH next to our house. Girlfriend (owner of house) te...
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X12AEsq wrote:
Consult a local attorney. Possibilities: non-conforming use (parking the RV) may have begun prior to that zoning limitation, hence grandfathered; parking RV on neighbor's land with concurrence for 20 years may have created a permissive easement in your favor; depending on adverse possession statutes in your jurisdiction, it may actually have given you a colorable claim to ownership of that 1 foot strip.
I really doubt it. In order for a "prescriptive easement" to be enforced purely for the purpose of storing an RV, would require a survey, lots of legal fees, and when is all said and done, all you will have is a angry neighbor. No one wins. If you lose, you are angry. If you win, the neighbor will be angry. Either way, the attorney will be happy. Far cheaper to just store it off site.
As far as cutting the eves on your home, if you feel that is a reasonable solution, then go for it. However, when you go to sell your home at some point in the future, the inspector will see that, and probably make a recommendation that the eves be restored. Now your cost has more than doubled.
If you store offsite, your neighbor will be happy, your home will not have to suffer an eve haircut, and you will not have to restore the damage/alterations to your home.
Not everyone thinks RV's are a beautiful as we do. Hard to imagine, but true.
