Land dispute - need help

ftitan · Postby **ftitan** » November 1st, 2018, 11:36 pm

This is exactly why you should do the relevant searches and demand to see surveyed boundary pickets before putting out any money. It's the responsibility of the owner to show the land is free from any encumbrances, squatting or encroachment.
For future reference, put the sales agreement downpayment in escrow while you wait for the survey & search results. That way he can't legally sell to anyone else and you have time to get peace of mind. Or if you trust the owner, get a quote and put a clause in the agreement that you'll cover the survey and deduct the cost from the lump sum.

Anyway, you just buy somebody else problem and gonna pay more to fix it..and you probably gonna have an enemy as a neighbour now. Squatters does move like some real jacka$$ for your own land. Consult with your lawyer. You can either sell him the portion he's on according to the sq ft being occupied, tear down his structure after giving a written notice to vacate your land (talk to your lawyer for this), take him to court..or just eat the loss and move on.

hong kong phooey · Postby **hong kong phooey** » November 2nd, 2018, 12:22 am

That is plenty land. take pictures. Get the excavator and rip it down put up your fence. Let him take u to court. And pay the damage. You will come out better.

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » November 2nd, 2018, 10:53 am

agreed dise plenty land d boss - get to a lawyer asap

about 25yrs ago we corrected a problem with our neighbor for a wall that began at 1-2" & kept going bend at d end of 200ft ended up almost 2ft , yea neighbor got vex but it was there about 20-25yrs b4 so if we had left it there all now it cud have possibly a 40-50yr problem

he cud be on ur side for whatever amt of yrs whether he knew it or not , he encroaching on ur property

there are boundaries for reasons & it will cost some $ to rectify but it shud be corrected asap even if is ah lil ting ... u , ur kids or grandkids dont wanna have problems 20-30yrs down d road ...

RedVEVO · Postby **RedVEVO** » November 2nd, 2018, 11:49 am

^^

OP, Get a lawyer . A good one . Not those kids out of high school.

Not everything things goes to Court .

Lawyers usually can work out a solution for both parties in dispute .
The people next door will and are your neighbors .

So a peaceful resolution is needed .

You see my wife is a lawyer ... etc.

Life better than cutlass .

Kronik · Postby **Kronik** » November 2nd, 2018, 2:28 pm

ftitan wrote:This is exactly why you should do the relevant searches and demand to see surveyed boundary pickets before putting out any money. It's the responsibility of the owner to show the land is free from any encumbrances, squatting or encroachment.
For future reference, put the sales agreement downpayment in escrow while you wait for the survey & search results. That way he can't legally sell to anyone else and you have time to get peace of mind. Or if you trust the owner, get a quote and put a clause in the agreement that you'll cover the survey and deduct the cost from the lump sum.

Anyway, you just buy somebody else problem and gonna pay more to fix it..and you probably gonna have an enemy as a neighbour now. Squatters does move like some real jacka$$ for your own land. Consult with your lawyer. You can either sell him the portion he's on according to the sq ft being occupied, tear down his structure after giving a written notice to vacate your land (talk to your lawyer for this), take him to court..or just eat the loss and move on.

Boy that true, I buying a piece of land, and put the down payment in escrow, and waiting on docs from the owner from T&C, but he want to get the downpayment cuz money tight,I tell him well deduct the cost of the search done by my lawyer and once it clean you'll get the downpayment he say ok, agent said they did an online search and it came back good, I say I'll wait for my lawyer, when it does come back, turns out a private loan was taken out with the land as collateral, so no money passing until that loan thing sort out.

Escrow is the way, your 10% safe until it verified the land clean, things to hard to loose your hard earned money to smart men.