Quick86
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So here is the situation.
My lot backs up to the lot behind me. Between us on both of our lots is what has turned in to an alleyway for houses on the block that have parking in the back. We never have much traffic using it so it doesn't bug me. It is not paved, and probably 2-3 feet of it is my property. It is past my privacy fence as well.
So my neighbor to the west of me would like to pave it, and he would pay for it. He recently purchased the lots next to me and has completely rebuilt the house that was there, an accessory building, and is adding a garage between them. His property runs between the two roads that surround our block, and neither of them has a real driveway. To add a driveway from the road I live on would be a major cost and require lots of dirt to be brought in and wouldn't really be aesthetically appealing for anyone because of a hill that it would have to require.
He came over yesterday and asked my wife if we cared if he did that. She said it was up to me.
I haven't spoken with him yet, I just want to make sure I know all the angles of it before I make a decision.
(1) I don't really care if he paves it, but if he does doesn't it automatically become a community owned alley of sorts and no longer "my property" because I cannot stop anyone from using their driveway access?
(2) Who would be responsible for maintaining it? Snow removal? Because I would NOT want to come home to find that they plowed it and fucked up my fence or shoved the snow up to my fence.
(3) Between our houses there are power lines. So Consumers Energy does have easement access to them. Will this be a problem for them??
(4) Township zoning requires a fence be 24" off of the property line. The fence is already there. If they do this, and the township requires the alleyway become zoned as such, can they try to force my fence to be moved?? I also have a shed the same distance from the property line.
Has anyone ever done something like this? I've been a home owner for two years and am still learning this stuff. The neighbor is a VERY nice guy, and we get along great..
My lot backs up to the lot behind me. Between us on both of our lots is what has turned in to an alleyway for houses on the block that have parking in the back. We never have much traffic using it so it doesn't bug me. It is not paved, and probably 2-3 feet of it is my property. It is past my privacy fence as well.
So my neighbor to the west of me would like to pave it, and he would pay for it. He recently purchased the lots next to me and has completely rebuilt the house that was there, an accessory building, and is adding a garage between them. His property runs between the two roads that surround our block, and neither of them has a real driveway. To add a driveway from the road I live on would be a major cost and require lots of dirt to be brought in and wouldn't really be aesthetically appealing for anyone because of a hill that it would have to require.
He came over yesterday and asked my wife if we cared if he did that. She said it was up to me.
I haven't spoken with him yet, I just want to make sure I know all the angles of it before I make a decision.
(1) I don't really care if he paves it, but if he does doesn't it automatically become a community owned alley of sorts and no longer "my property" because I cannot stop anyone from using their driveway access?
(2) Who would be responsible for maintaining it? Snow removal? Because I would NOT want to come home to find that they plowed it and fucked up my fence or shoved the snow up to my fence.
(3) Between our houses there are power lines. So Consumers Energy does have easement access to them. Will this be a problem for them??
(4) Township zoning requires a fence be 24" off of the property line. The fence is already there. If they do this, and the township requires the alleyway become zoned as such, can they try to force my fence to be moved?? I also have a shed the same distance from the property line.
Has anyone ever done something like this? I've been a home owner for two years and am still learning this stuff. The neighbor is a VERY nice guy, and we get along great..
