Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I saw this lot for sale on Zillow and am curious... It appears to be landlocked with no direct street access, so which neighbor do you approach to share a driveway? Link
Last edited by ERH; 10-03-2019 at 05:11 PM..
Reason: Hope the link works...
Not sure if you're trying to drive traffic to the listing or something, but it says right in the description that you would need to purchase an adjacent property:
"WOW! .97 acre lot Inside the Maynard Loop! Savvy Buyers - this is your chance! Buy a piece of historical family land passed down from generation to generation. LAND-LOCKED LOT (for the time being) but position yourself to purchase an adjacent property to gain access to a FULL ACRE of mature hardwoods to create your ultimate paradise or possibly redevelop/subdivide into building lots."
based on a cursory look ... not worth what they're asking. doesn't appear one could buy any adjacent lot, and then get 2 or really 3 lots.
there's 6-8 adjoining homeowners you'd need to find that would get together - either all 8 or some combo of 2-3 - and buy it together from you. and I can only assume the Seller's tried that already.
I've heard of people buying land sight unseen and ending up with landlocked property somewhere out in the middle of nowhere. How do you suppose that happened in this case? It's been owned by the family "heirs" since 1951 (or at least that's what the online record reflects).
Nobody's been paying the property taxes on it for at least 27 years if not longer, and there's a collection proceeding in progress. So presumably they found the owners who are now motivated to try to unload it to pay the back taxes.
I have a lot like that right behind my house. Skinny unbuildable lot with a deed dating to 1947. Creates an odd shape to my property and when I asked the county about trying to figure out how to acquire some of it, they said they wouldn't foreclose on it because it would cost more to auction it than the back taxes would bring in.
I've heard of people buying land sight unseen and ending up with landlocked property somewhere out in the middle of nowhere. How do you suppose that happened in this case? It's been owned by the family "heirs" since 1951 (or at least that's what the online record reflects).
The family could have sold all the surrounding land over time, kept a lot for access, and somehow sold that lot off without creating permanent easement or right of way.
When land is so cheap that it looks like a great deal, usually it is neither cheap nor a great deal.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
