Fun new summer project: I live on an old property with strange property lines. Between my house and our nearest neighbor is a very old easement. It’s an unused eyesore that disrupts what could otherwise be a beautiful lawn between the two properties and a potential section where I can plant a few spruce trees - which would establish more privacy from the road.
I have a pickaxe and looks like, with enough time, I can tear up the old easement. Going to recess it back about 10 - 15 yards. However, I’ll be left with a shallow rocky pit once it’s all torn up. What’s the best course of action for getting top soil. Is this something I can outsource to a landscaping company? Never done anything like this. What’s the best way to turn it into lawn?
@glooper and @Sector2 are telling you the truth. An easement means that somebody owns the rights to that piece of land. If that somebody is not you and you go digging it up then you will be responsible for making it usable again. There are lots of cases where people let their easement set for many years without using it. There is a property close to mine that belongs to a family who lives in a different state. The man who bought the property has died. His children now own the property. They haven't even came to look at it. I Know that some day they will show up. It's just a matter of when. Do not do anything else to that easement until you find out for sure that you can legally change that piece of land. Even after decades of ignoring a piece of land people have a tendency to go ballistic if someone screws with their property. I've even seen cases where someone would purposely let an easement set unused until someone starts doing what you are doing. Then they come in screaming bloody murder demanding their easement to be repaired and demanding that you pay for it. Be careful pal.
Peleg 1 points 1 day ago
@glooper and @Sector2 are telling you the truth. An easement means that somebody owns the rights to that piece of land. If that somebody is not you and you go digging it up then you will be responsible for making it usable again. There are lots of cases where people let their easement set for many years without using it. There is a property close to mine that belongs to a family who lives in a different state. The man who bought the property has died. His children now own the property. They haven't even came to look at it. I Know that some day they will show up. It's just a matter of when.
Do not do anything else to that easement until you find out for sure that you can legally change that piece of land.
Even after decades of ignoring a piece of land people have a tendency to go ballistic if someone screws with their property. I've even seen cases where someone would purposely let an easement set unused until someone starts doing what you are doing. Then they come in screaming bloody murder demanding their easement to be repaired and demanding that you pay for it.
Be careful pal.