[Summit] property boundary law?

[sumati eberstadt]

If no one else minds, I would love to have the replies to this inquiry on
the list, as I find this issue very interesting.

Sumati


On 6/24/12 11:31 PM, "Ellen Santaniello" <esantaniello at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi neighbors - Is anyone savvy about property boundary issues? I have a wee
> dispute, and I want to be neighborly and avoid conflict but also not get
> bullied. I thought maybe one of you might have already dealt with something
> like this, and maybe someone will learn something from my working through it. 
> 
> On the back border of my property there is a fence that is mine (via previous
> owner) connected to the back wall of a garage which is my back neighbors'. The
> garage wall is a little further back (from my perspective) than the fence, so
> the fence has a little angled section that connects the two. The neighbors are
> rebuilding the garage and want access and rights to the strip of their land --
> ca. 5 ft. wide x 20 in. deep -- that is behind their garage and functionally
> in my backyard, and which I am using as garden space. (It never occurred to me
> that I didn't own it.) They say the property line is the fence line, though
> nobody really knows and the whole disputed "parcel" is so ridiculously small
> there is no way I am going to get a survey. They say they need access from my
> side to take down the back wall and rebuild the garage. I don't want their
> work crew using my yard for access, and I also don't want them to take down
> the fence to get access, and most of all I am worried about my plants getting
> trampled. 
> 
> The whole thing seems so silly, yet so complicated! Does anyone know what my
> rights are to this bit of land that is functionally mine and legally theirs?
> They are acting as if I have no rights at all, and I think this is not the
> case. I tried reading the property laws, and gave up. I don't want to occupy
> the listserve with my personal stuff, so please reply off list unless you
> think its pertinent to all. Thanks much. Ellen on Mayflower St.
> 
> 
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