I have a neighbor that poured his driveway, to the back of his house, over my property line (approximately 5 feet encroaching for a stretch of 15-20 feet).
Back story: he is an abuser of multiple substances, so it makes it difficult to find him in a sober state so as to have a productive conversation. He and I get along alright, but he can be a wild card.
Anyway, he didn't file any permits or get a survey before hiring a crew of guys to form out and pour the driveway. He also didn't attend the concrete pour so even if he knew the property line, he wasn't there to say anything.
I think I could possibly encounter an issue if I were to try to sell the house and someone realized that he had part of his driveway on my property.
On principle, my first instinct is to have an honest conversation with him explaining that it is a problem and that it needs to be corrected. But the other part of me wonders how much hell it could unleash from the semi-unstable guy and should I just wait until we decide to sell the house (likely in the next couple years) and then bring it up. He did this last summer, so as I understand it, I have up to 7 years before he could be granted an easement by prescription on my property.
IDK, what do you all think?
PS, I'm not asking for legal advise, just general advise if you have had to deal with something similar or have knowledge ie realtor.
EDIT: I was able to locate the rebar pins, so I actually can see that it is an encroachment.
Back story: he is an abuser of multiple substances, so it makes it difficult to find him in a sober state so as to have a productive conversation. He and I get along alright, but he can be a wild card.
Anyway, he didn't file any permits or get a survey before hiring a crew of guys to form out and pour the driveway. He also didn't attend the concrete pour so even if he knew the property line, he wasn't there to say anything.
I think I could possibly encounter an issue if I were to try to sell the house and someone realized that he had part of his driveway on my property.
On principle, my first instinct is to have an honest conversation with him explaining that it is a problem and that it needs to be corrected. But the other part of me wonders how much hell it could unleash from the semi-unstable guy and should I just wait until we decide to sell the house (likely in the next couple years) and then bring it up. He did this last summer, so as I understand it, I have up to 7 years before he could be granted an easement by prescription on my property.
IDK, what do you all think?
PS, I'm not asking for legal advise, just general advise if you have had to deal with something similar or have knowledge ie realtor.
EDIT: I was able to locate the rebar pins, so I actually can see that it is an encroachment.