Property Value Problem

[Jakob]

I need a little bit of advice and to rant at the same time, so bare with me..

 

Also, here is a map of my problem that will come into play later..

 

So I live in Reidsville in my childhood home. I have no plays of living here long term. I want to sell the house in the near future. The blue area is my land, I have a three story home, 15 rooms, three bathrooms, huge barn about 8 acres of land. It's a great place to live if you enjoy old farm houses. You see this red area? about 8 years ago that was just trees. Some carpenter bought the land to build a house on. He put himself up the worst looking double wide home you could possibly imagine. But hey.. who gives a fug really? Well.. About 6 months later he started clearing out his land and building the most piss poor mobile homes you have EVER fuging seen, in a fuging residential to boot. He moved his whole extended family in, Probably 11-12 people. I strongly believe they are some of the worst human scum you will ever meet in your life. They constantly have the police called on them or are getting into fights in the street. These things have only been up for 8 years and they are dilapidated, just completely falling apart. The family started leaving one by one.. But what does this asshole do? He just starts buying these RV's and parking them on his land for them to live on. Is that even legal? My Property value and everyone who lives in the neighborhood has dropped like a rock.

 

No way in hell these mobile homes are up to code. There has to be something I can legally do? I couldn't imagine its legal to just park RV's and have people live in them is it?

 

I need serious good ol' huddle advice.

[pstall]

Get a real estate attorney muy pronto.

You will need to know zoning laws as well as any property lines/easements as well as if lines were grandfathered in.

This guy either is a buffon or driving people away as well as cheapen the land for his own purchases for something bigger.

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[Darth Biscuit]

Yep, zoning laws are your only friend here...

 

If this is an unincorporated area, you may need to talk to the county assessor/tax dept to see what they suggest...

 

Either way, Pstall is right, get a lawyer.

[Panthro]

Does this work in the city where one of my neighbors looks like they are hoarding ish everywhere ...ie out in the yard

[Jakob]

pstall made me remember something.. Where our property meets this dude has all of these little sheds for his tools and supplies. Every year he moves his poo about half a foot deeper into my land. All the time he throws his trash and beer cans into my yard. You can't reason with the guy at all so I don't even bother saying anything.

[Jakob]

After I cook dinner I'm going to snap a pic of this dudes horrible tool sheds.

[Darth Biscuit]

pstall made me remember something.. Where our property meets this dude has all of these little sheds for his tools and supplies. Every year he moves his poo about half a foot deeper into my land. All the time he throws his trash and beer cans into my yard. You can't reason with the guy at all so I don't even bother saying anything.

 

 

You absolutely must get a licensed surveyor to come survey, mark and record your land with the register of deeds.  If the guy is encroaching on your property this is the only legal way to deal with it.

 

 

Once that is done and you determine that he's putting his stuff on your land, you can take legal action... or put up a fence.

[Jakob]

You absolutely must get a licensed surveyor to come survey, mark and record your land with the register of deeds.  If the guy is encroaching on your property this is the only legal way to deal with it.

 

 

Once that is done and you determine that he's putting his stuff on your land, you can take legal action... or put up a fence.

Damn, I was planning on just claiming his stuff as mine if it was on my property...

 

 

But seriously I plan on doing that ASAP.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Do you have any proof that he has built/sold mobiles. That could make his property commercial and that could cause a whole big stink for him. It might be worth it to get a hold of code enforcement also if he has that many dwellings on his property. Where I live, you can only have one residence unless you are licensed to have multiples. Doing some leg work down at the courthouse will probably save you a ton of fees from a lawyer. Depending on what all he has done, it could realistically cause him so many penalties and back taxes that he could lose the property. That's a little slower route, but could be the cheapest in the long run. 

[dos poptarts]

1. dig a moat along the blue lines

2. add alligators.

 

 

[Jakob]

I literally just about had a stroke when I went to take a pic of the property lines.. Hes built a fuging 4 foot pile of metal and screen doors along side this epic pile of wood.. All of this is new.. like within the last two weeks new. Keep in mind this ugly ass building is already at least 3-4 feet over the line.

 

 

Had to collect myself and keep from throwing all this poo on his front lawn. I have to mow there once spring hits... poo metal looks like siding from his mobile homes...

 

fuging *****

[Jakob]

Last time I went out there I had to clean up all his trash. Just went out and counted at least 7-8 beer cans, a juice box, all kinds of mcdonalds bags and a bottle of wine.

[Happy Panther]

Already been said but

1) Get a lawyer

2) Build a fence

 

Depending on laws you may be able to claim that he has to pay half of the fence cost.

[Happy Panther]

Other thing is...unfortunately getting the city/county involved in enforcing ordinances will probably take time and be a pain in the ass.