Easement in North Carolina (agreement, price, property, attorney)

[paladinfes]

I recently closed on a piece of vacant land in North Carolina.

There is an old logging road from County Road into the property to the prime building site but it is rather steep and winding. My General Contractor advised me that it will cost approximately $100K to make this road serviceable.

There is a neighbor whose property is rather flat running our mutual property line. It is also flat from their property into my prime build site.

I intend to approach my neighbor to secure a Deeded Easement across thier property for my use. I fully expect to pay them some amount of money for this.

Questions:
1. Is their a "customary" or legal width for said easement? And if so, what is it?

2. What is the "typical" cost for this easement?

Any pertinent replies will be appreciated. Thanx

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by paladinfes

I recently closed on a piece of vacant land in North Carolina.

There is an old logging road from County Road into the property to the prime building site but it is rather steep and winding. My General Contractor advised me that it will cost approximately $100K to make this road serviceable.

There is a neighbor whose property is rather flat running our mutual property line. It is also flat from their property into my prime build site.

I intend to approach my neighbor to secure a Deeded Easement across thier property for my use. I fully expect to pay them some amount of money for this.

Questions:
1. Is their a "customary" or legal width for said easement? And if so, what is it?

2. What is the "typical" cost for this easement?

Any pertinent replies will be appreciated. Thanx

I would want a minimum of 20 feet for the easement, preferring 30 feet.
You can expect the neighbor to require you to maintain the roadway, with proper drainage ditches.

Purchase Price for the easement?
No idea.

[Poltracker]

The best folks to check with on the width is your local building code folks and the fire department. Many FDs have a minimum turn radius requirement if they are going to bring their trucks up the road.
Make sure that you get an attorney involved to get the easement language and agreement (should your neighbors agree) correct. Make sure you have ingress and egress, possibly utilities, as well as a maintenance agreement.