My home is on a rear section. There are four residences down here - three separate buildings as mine is half a duplex.
When these sections were created, all were given a stretch of land that heads out to the street. Only they were never developed as separate driveways.
A stretch in the middle was sealed and rows of trees planted along the sides and grassy verges created. The services to the duplex and at least one other house actually run under this grassy verge and the trees are now huge. Even the telecommunications box for the houses sits in what should be the middle of one driveway. It would be a very expensive and messy undertaking to turn this into the separate driveways shown on the maps.
I believe that my strip (shared with other duplex owner) is partly under the grass and partly sealed. I don't believe that there are any easements in place. All residents have simply shared the central sealed (double-width) strip that seems to technically be mostly on one owner's land.
What is the legal status here? I have someone staying here and there is no street parking, nor is there sufficient parking in my own bit of driveway for another car. The neighbour has said that if a car is parked in the ROW (just overnight) he will have it towed. This is despite there being more than enough room to get past a parked car and he uses it as his private carpark every time they have a social event (which is quite often!). He can't park on my grassy strip because when cars do that it ruptures the water mains.
This has all made me wonder if, should he choose, could he get pissy and make life really difficult for me by not allowing me the use of any of the sealed strip on his land?
When these sections were created, all were given a stretch of land that heads out to the street. Only they were never developed as separate driveways.
A stretch in the middle was sealed and rows of trees planted along the sides and grassy verges created. The services to the duplex and at least one other house actually run under this grassy verge and the trees are now huge. Even the telecommunications box for the houses sits in what should be the middle of one driveway. It would be a very expensive and messy undertaking to turn this into the separate driveways shown on the maps.
I believe that my strip (shared with other duplex owner) is partly under the grass and partly sealed. I don't believe that there are any easements in place. All residents have simply shared the central sealed (double-width) strip that seems to technically be mostly on one owner's land.
What is the legal status here? I have someone staying here and there is no street parking, nor is there sufficient parking in my own bit of driveway for another car. The neighbour has said that if a car is parked in the ROW (just overnight) he will have it towed. This is despite there being more than enough room to get past a parked car and he uses it as his private carpark every time they have a social event (which is quite often!). He can't park on my grassy strip because when cars do that it ruptures the water mains.
This has all made me wonder if, should he choose, could he get pissy and make life really difficult for me by not allowing me the use of any of the sealed strip on his land?
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