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we can not upkeep trees 30 feet off the ground. The city keeps the ones by the road trimmed and if limbs get near power lines the city trims those. There is a tree next to the fence and on the left side of the fence is the guys' other two cars. The city school district owns that land so it's their tree. MY Allstate in front of his two co-workers stated a limb falling during a storm from a healthy tree is no one's fault. The car owner's comprehensive would pay for it or the owner pays out of his pocket. He has parked there for 20 years and doomsters are predicting hurricanes to the buyer of this house.
I am questioning my agent about offering on the house with this contingency:
Fannie Mae rep. will visit the location and inform the neighbor that the contract and closing requires a fence be put up there on that corner. A 2 foot fence would be plenty. I'll agree to pay someone to go put up the short fence, and Fannie Mae becomes the bad guy and not me.
Will the minister set fire to Fannie Mae's office?
Someone above mentioned ME using the laws. No one should be parking on another person's lot.
These people on both sides are not the type people who will become "speak to regularly neighbors"
I won't cause either of them any problems. I go to bed early, no music, live alone, no outside pets, no yard, so no lawnmower noise, not a paying tenant that will cause them the problems they have had for years, I am THEIR perfect neighbor.
The answer to the problem is not to run from the house but find the answer. Either the guys owns that 9 square feet because he has been parking there 20 years or he does not. The clerk of court suggested that I might have to buy that small piece of dirt from him or he is forced to buy it from me.
The new and all future owners of the lot own that parking spot the minister has been using. That is from a lawyer.
Not anyhwhere I have heard as its considered a act of god by insurance companies and they are not interested in going to court to claim non-upkeep of trees.
Q. Last month a strong wind during a thunderstorm caused two branches on my neighbor's large tree next to my fence to break and fall on my fence, causing about $1,500 in damage. I expected him to pay for the fence repair, but he told me to just file a claim with my homeowner's insurance carrier. Is he liable?
A. We have been waiting for this one for a while - we thought we would see it right after Hurricane Isabel. But in light of fact that we are now "in the season" it is surely a timely question. The legal answer as to who is liable for tree damage is simple; however, the interpretation and implementation of the law is not. The general rule is that if your tree falls on your neighbor's property, even if it causes injury to person or property,
you will not be liable unless you were negligent.
But what constitutes negligence?
Did the owner of the tree have knowledge of a likelihood that the tree or limb would fall during a high wind?
Was the tree obviously dying or dead?
Did your neighbor have it looked at by an arborist?
What did the arborist say? In order to prove negligence, expert testimony often is needed, which can be expensive. Further, the tree owner can produce his own expert, who may contradict your expert. Consequently, unless the damage suffered is significant (a large tree falls on a house) there is little economic justification to seek damages because it could be expensive and you might not win.
the house is a foreclosure and the sale price is $34,900. That is why I'm interested. The entire inside is new. No lawn to mow, PERFECT neighbors if they stay on their lot with their cars.
I should not be blamed because they have 3 cars. And they want to park all 3 side by side in their driveway which is physically impossible. Since all the previous occupants have been TENANTS, that is why the owners, the out of town owners, never objected and the tenants cared less, so the guy parks there for years and years. I can speak to a lawyer thru lawyer referral for $75 and 30 minutes, maybe find a free initial consultation.
whatever.... it sounds like you are determined. I don't understand why you came looking for advice when you seem to have it covered.
Let your new neighbors know up front what you expect. Get evidence (do it in writing). You expect them not to park on your property, you expect them to respect your property. Otherwise it's he said/she said. Contrary to what foreigners think when they come here, things are done differently here and you can't change that (my ex learned the hard way). Still, suit yourself if you insist on taking the macho male role. That's not being offensive, I'm just stating what I'm reading in between the lines.
Good Luck. I think you're going to need it because I don't think you'll do the above things, which are called "preventive measures."
OP, you're a fool if you pursue buying this house. You will spend the entire duration of your tenure in this house dealing with these neighbors. They aren't going to willingly stop doing what they've been doing for years. And the parking issue will only be the tip of the iceburg. Plus, you're getting your advice from all the wrong people. Why won't you talk to a real estate attorney??
Treading lightly here, I'm on the bandwagon that says don't buy the house. I don't know where this house is lcoated but you're also looking at bigotry and prejudice and potential problems with them claiming you did stuff, or annoying you to get you to move away... you don't know anything about these people. Lots of Christians are tolerant of foreigners with an Arabic name, but many aren't and you don't know who they are.
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Contrary to what foreigners think when they come here, things are done differently here and you can't change that
Why the assumption that the original poster is from another country? Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any mention of that in this thread, and in fact based on his posts in other threads, I would assume he was an American citizen.
whatever.... it sounds like you are determined. I don't understand why you came looking for advice when you seem to have it covered.
Let your new neighbors know up front what you expect. Get evidence (do it in writing). You expect them not to park on your property, you expect them to respect your property. Otherwise it's he said/she said. Contrary to what foreigners think when they come here, things are done differently here and you can't change that (my ex learned the hard way). Still, suit yourself if you insist on taking the macho male role. That's not being offensive, I'm just stating what I'm reading in between the lines.
Good Luck. I think you're going to need it because I don't think you'll do the above things, which are called "preventive measures."
A lender will inform you and the owenr what must be done to qaulify and nothig else. They certainly are not going to get involved in neighbor disputes. They are unlikely to require any fencing in their part other than to repair a existing fence.Your best bet is to tell the neighbor yourself or have the present forclosure owner do it.Persoanlly what i see is a on going neighbor dispute with new things coming on taking possession.But then I can see a 30000 home most anyhwere passing inspection by alender.Sounds like a fixer upper looking for a cash buyer really.
Why the assumption that the original poster is from another country? Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any mention of that in this thread, and in fact based on his posts in other threads, I would assume he was an American citizen.
Because Naeem or Naim is a male middle eastern name. Also slight grammar variation that is typical of English as second language.
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