A question for the Ingo legal eagles.
My uncle is trying to buy a parcel of land.
The neighbor's house and garage are over the property line by several feet each, intruding into the parcel my uncle wants to buy.
The neighbor's well is fully 100 feet into the property that my uncle wants to purchase.
The neighbor says he has lived there for more than 20 years, and is grandfathered into the property.
He swears that even if my uncle buys the property, there is nothing that can be done to force the neighbor off the land he does not own.
My uncle offered to dig him a new well on his property, at no cost to him, and the neighbor said no!
He said no one can force him to give up his well, even though it sits on land he does not own.
The realtor involved told my uncle that he very well may be right, and there may be nothing anyone can do about it.
This just doesn't sound right, but I'm not an attorney.
What say Ingo lawyers?
Can someone still claim squatters rights these days?
If so, why?
My uncle is trying to buy a parcel of land.
The neighbor's house and garage are over the property line by several feet each, intruding into the parcel my uncle wants to buy.
The neighbor's well is fully 100 feet into the property that my uncle wants to purchase.
The neighbor says he has lived there for more than 20 years, and is grandfathered into the property.
He swears that even if my uncle buys the property, there is nothing that can be done to force the neighbor off the land he does not own.
My uncle offered to dig him a new well on his property, at no cost to him, and the neighbor said no!
He said no one can force him to give up his well, even though it sits on land he does not own.
The realtor involved told my uncle that he very well may be right, and there may be nothing anyone can do about it.
This just doesn't sound right, but I'm not an attorney.
What say Ingo lawyers?
Can someone still claim squatters rights these days?
If so, why?