Easement & Other Neighbor Disputes
Swing set shows how neighbor could claim your property
Question: We have lived in our Peoria home seven years. There has never been a fence or even rocks to mark the boundary line for our backyard. When we moved into this home our neighbor’s swing set was at least partially located in our backyard. Our seller said that the swing set was installed by the…
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Question: Four families, including our family, bought adjoining homes on a street in a new Glendale subdivision two years ago. There are only four homes on the street. When we recently went to refinance our home mortgage, however, our mortgage lender denied our application to refinance because the legal description of our lot was incorrect. Apparently,…
Read MoreWhat are rules for building a fence in an easement area?
Question: We live in a beautiful home near South Mountain Park. The bottom 30 feet of our lot is subject to a utility easement for electrical and telephone lines. Due to increased hiker traffic, and my son recently seeing a mountain lion, we want to install a chain link fence along the bottom of our…
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