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Old 06-02-2009, 12:10 PM
 
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Hey guys, could use your help deciding on this home I'd like to put an offer on. The current owners built an awesome backyard patio that encroaches land owned by the town's board of education. The school near it has a large section of woods behind it, where this house patio encroaches it.
If asked to remove it, it would involved removing the current fence, and about 2 ft of the patio (built 2003). Really like the house is it worth the headache to get it? Thanks!
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Old 06-02-2009, 12:15 PM
 
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2 feet of patio isn't much. The question is who wants to buy a house so close to the BOE? I guess some people wouldn't care but it hurts marketability of the house IMO, not to mention the encroachment. The point is you have no idea what the BOE could use that land for.
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Old 06-02-2009, 12:20 PM
 
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Thanks for your input, behind the school is a huge wooded area right now. It would only suck if they decide to raze it and build something there, this is the least expensive house on the street, everything else is $500,000 +
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Old 06-02-2009, 12:23 PM
 
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Right, you don't know what could happen. They could raze it and put in a parking lot and now your marketability just went south with an eyesore in the backyard. I think it is a risk. If the price reflects the risk and you will be there for a minimum of 5 years, then you might consider it.
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