Squatters/tresspassers?

[WebSnyper]

There's a guy in Ft. Wayne who has an old RV that needs moved. How about we drag it down to Leadeye's place, too?

Wanting to move?

 

[rosejm]

I hear that meth labs have all kinds of accidents...

 

[ghitch75]

Report it as an abandoned vehicle. It should be towed by the county to an impound lot.

On second thought a dozer or a back hoe would make quick work of it.

oh yes dozer or backhoe.....2' bucket through the roof is fun....

 

[ghitch75]

I will come down and ride shotgun.

any time my friend....

I think you should build a dirt ramp next to it and see if you can jump the trailer with the dozer.

See, this guy can do it!

my seat isnt good enugh for anything like....

 

[Libertarian01]

Why do adverse possession laws even exist? What's the intended outcome as it regards protecting people who are trying to act lawfully in a civil society?

My guess is multifold, but all along the same lines. First I would the the state (ie. govt) wants the maximum production possible. So Grandpa Jones buys a farm two (2) counties away intending to farm it. For whatever reason he doesn't get there for a couple of years. In the meantime the farm is going to pot and small trees are starting to retake the land. In comes Adverse Possessor who builds a small home, cuts the trees, and generally just starts to farm it himself. In this way the state benefits buy not having good farmland go waste. The additional production and sale of produce generates sales, taxes, and so forth benefiting the community.

Move into a city like Detroit that took a MASSIVE hit a few years ago when their economy tanked and their population was cut by more than 50%. Thousands of homes were lost sitting vacant. So in moves the squatter. He mows the yard, pays for gas and electric, starts repairing the home. That is one (1) less vacant home the city has to contend with. One (1) less chunk of territory for rats and vermin to infest. Plus, if the squatter actually keeps it up the property value of the neighborhood doesn't fall as much as it could.

Note that I put in the improvements. I believe ALL states require that improvements are done to the property to qualify for adverse possessor protection to kick in. It's the states way of saying about property that isn't being used to, " or get off the pot."

Just a guess on my part.

Regards,

Doug

 

[Leadeye]

A good resolution to the problem, the occupant disappeared the night after the survey and the trailer disappeared last night.

 

[Expat]

A good resolution to the problem, the occupant disappeared the night after the survey and the trailer disappeared last night.

Good. and going forward you have a good survey ready for a reoccurrence.

 

[Leadeye]

Good. and going forward you have a good survey ready for a reoccurrence.

Actually found that I have more ground there than I thought.

 

[KJQ6945]

Glad it all worked out Leadeye.

 

[ghitch75]

A good resolution to the problem, the occupant disappeared the night after the survey and the trailer disappeared last night.

CRAP!!!!.....i was wanting to have some dozer fun....

glad they are gone...

 

[Libertarian01]

A good resolution to the problem, the occupant disappeared the night after the survey and the trailer disappeared last night.

Well, that's nice.....

It's good to know that Mr. Hoffa finally has some company.

Doug

 

[El Conquistador]

Glad it all worked out for you. I can't stand trespassers.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

A good resolution to the problem, the occupant disappeared the night after the survey and the trailer disappeared last night.

I’m glad that was that easy. Who did you have do the survey?

 

[KellyinAvon]

A good resolution to the problem, the occupant disappeared the night after the survey and the trailer disappeared last night.

Great to hear Leadeye!

 

[churchmouse]

A good resolution to the problem, the occupant disappeared the night after the survey and the trailer disappeared last night.

Outstanding.

When you shine a light on a cockroach they most generally scurry for cover.

Did he take the wire...???

 

[KMaC]

Move into a city like Detroit that took a MASSIVE hit a few years ago when their economy tanked and their population was cut by more than 50%. Thousands of homes were lost sitting vacant. So in moves the squatter. He mows the yard, pays for gas and electric, starts repairing the home. That is one (1) less vacant home the city has to contend with. One (1) less chunk of territory for rats and vermin to infest. Plus, if the squatter actually keeps it up the property value of the neighborhood doesn't fall as much as it could.


Doug

Have you been reading Hogsett's redevelopment plan for Indy?

 

[IndyBeerman]

Actually found that I have more ground there than I thought.

I found out I had more property after purchasing my home in 2004, I ordered up a survey the day after after we moved in to make sure the fence I was putting up in the back yard did not encroach neighbors property to the west.
In the time before they survey crew came, my neighbor to the west was telling me "where" the line was, which immediately got me, because my neighbor to the east who I had met before I bought the house, mentioned that he helped the original owner plant the pine trees on both sides of my property in 1987 when the house was built. To further make things a little more perplexing I found out that I had a sprinkler system in the yard. So the day before the the survey was to take place, I got the sprinkler system working. And wouldn't you know it 7 sprinkler heads running north/south on the same line the pine trees was on.

Crew comes out stakes the corners and politely ask if they could string it and paint a line. Had a 6x250 foot section where my new neighbor was trying to hijack some of my property. He came home that night while I was mowing the back yard and stood there looking at the painted line motioning me over asking "what's this?" I point to the corners, and say survey line, everything to the east is my property, I also got 7 sprinkler heads just
inside and all the pine trees.

All this because I bought the house after it was foreclosed on by the 2nd owner and it sat vacant for 2 months and the yard was over grown, so he was over mowing to not make his yard look bad.

He got over it, we became good friends, and lived there until 4 years ago when he and his wife got divorced. Now I got a ass-hat neighbor that thinks he's a chicken farmer. make that "was", foxes got his chickens over a 3 day period just over 3 years ago. When he told me he was getting more chickens, I told him to hold on for a second, ran to the house and back, held out my closed hand and asked him to hold this for me.

I dropped a 12 gauge bird shot shell in his hand and told him this was a reminder what was going to happen for every chicken that came into the front yard and was sitting on my fence in the back. No more chickens to worry about.

 

[churchmouse]

I found out I had more property after purchasing my home in 2004, I ordered up a survey the day after after we moved in to make sure the fence I was putting up in the back yard did not encroach neighbors property to the west.
In the time before they survey crew came, my neighbor to the west was telling me "where" the line was, which immediately got me, because my neighbor to the east who I had met before I bought the house, mentioned that he helped the original owner plant the pine trees on both sides of my property in 1987 when the house was built. To further make things a little more perplexing I found out that I had a sprinkler system in the yard. So the day before the the survey was to take place, I got the sprinkler system working. And wouldn't you know it 7 sprinkler heads running north/south on the same line the pine trees was on.

Crew comes out stakes the corners and politely ask if they could string it and paint a line. Had a 6x250 foot section where my new neighbor was trying to hijack some of my property. He came home that night while I was mowing the back yard and stood there looking at the painted line motioning me over asking "what's this?" I point to the corners, and say survey line, everything to the east is my property, I also got 7 sprinkler heads just
inside and all the pine trees.

All this because I bought the house after it was foreclosed on by the 2nd owner and it sat vacant for 2 months and the yard was over grown, so he was over mowing to not make his yard look bad.

He got over it, we became good friends, and lived there until 4 years ago when he and his wife got divorced. Now I got a ass-hat neighbor that thinks he's a chicken farmer. make that "was", foxes got his chickens over a 3 day period just over 3 years ago. When he told me he was getting more chickens, I told him to hold on for a second, ran to the house and back, held out my closed hand and asked him to hold this for me.

I dropped a 12 gauge bird shot shell in his hand and told him this was a reminder what was going to happen for every chicken that came into the front yard and was sitting on my fence in the back. No more chickens to worry about.

Pretty much the same thing here. Idiot wanna be Hispanic farmer behind and 2 doors down lets his chickens free range. Except for the 2 that went into the neighbor's yard and were killed/eaten by his Mastiffs and the 2 that got in my yard and were summarily executed. Man was he pissed off.

 

[maxwelhse]

I also have the chicken (including a rooster!) farming neighbor, but...

He's like 3 houses away...
He was here before I was...
I rent...

This all translates into me having Africa levels of flies most of the summer and not much I can do about it. Honestly, I don't mind the chickens, even the rooster, but I can't imagine they're cleaning their roost properly or there's no way there would be this many flies. Plus, about once or twice a year I see them shovel out the inside of the chicken house, burn what comes out, and it smells god awful when they do. My assumption is that they're only cleaning it once or twice a year...

This, among many other reasons, is why I've decided I'm not a neighborhood kind of guy. It would be fine if a country neighbor had chickens as the acres between us should be plenty of insulation. If not, and it's a problem, CM's solution would be fine. Can't do that where I'm at and I don't want/need the trouble.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Good to hear. Bury metal marker stakes where the surveyor stakes are. That way you can find them again with a metal detector if necessary.