Diane Emerson
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
The owner of a piece of property behind us, who we have never met in over 17 years, showed up and is selling their property. They had it surveyed, and the shared road that we and the next door neighbors have been using for many years turns out not to be on the easement for much of its length. The road is on the top of a narrow ridge, and the easement goes down the steep side of the ridge in places. Plus, it comes within 3 feet of our front door, and it now appears that we have been parking mostly in the easement for many years. Our parking spot does not block the access to the back property.
The existing access road is mostly on our next door neighbor's property. They are fine with leaving it all as is, but who knows when the back property is sold. Can we do anything to prevent the current access road to be widened to its full extent, which will bring it almost to our front door, and eliminate our parking spot?
The existing access road is mostly on our next door neighbor's property. They are fine with leaving it all as is, but who knows when the back property is sold. Can we do anything to prevent the current access road to be widened to its full extent, which will bring it almost to our front door, and eliminate our parking spot?