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The 2-3 inches I wouldn't worry about. There's that much error in the surveying. But I would say something about the driveway. Maybe he will pave you a section, or stop his cement short. He probly is unaware of any ROW.
 
tkeaton said:
Wait. You folks are saying that you should just give up the 2-3" he is encroaching on your property?

Fuck that. A surveyor/tax assessor/etc isn't going to forgive 2-3" or allow for that amount of error, why would you?
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Yea, I don't think they make "land" anymore. This was the pissing contest on my other side 3 years ago. Dude had his deck 10 inches from the property line so I put up a 6 foot tall fence in front of it. The whole family got pissy with me and I had to do some things to my fence to Durham Standard but after that, It went to 8 feet and was legit. Then so happens their septic failed just after that. Last I heard, Health Department is forcing them to purchase a vacant lot next door to put in a new system. Reminds me, I need to check back up on that and see how it's going...
 
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ManglerYJ said:
Things like this may not be a big deal now, but should you go to sell your house (or he sells his) - then a survey will tell the new owner what's his. A lot of home sales are requiring it nowadays to keep stuff like this from happening. Even years down the road, he or a new owner could be made to tear it up. Bad scene all the way around
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This!!! If I let it go on, and then I get sick and die, my wife would have to deal with it before she could even sell the house.

Excellent point that kinda says it all about 2-3 inches. Even if we could put up with it, nobody ELSE will want to buy a house knowing the neighbor has a concrete drive 2-3" on the property. Or they will try to use it as negotiations for a lower price or something haunting. The seller will be responsible regardless.

Monday's are hell so I've got to work over tonight but this is what I needed to be reminded of... All the skeletons I had to drag out of the ground for a proper burial when I first bought the house. Took me weeks to get it ready for closing.

Thanks ManglerYJ!
 
lol you are leading both General and Garage Nice work !!!
 
Wow! I've been following in Garage waiting on pics... These are nice, I don't know why you are upset, that is top notch workmanship right there. Just give it a couple years and it will be broken up into a gravel driveway (maybe some slightly larger chunks mixed in there)
 
Reminds me of this
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tkeaton said:
Wait. You folks are saying that you should just give up the 2-3" he is encroaching on your property?

Fuck that. A surveyor/tax assessor/etc isn't going to forgive 2-3" or allow for that amount of error, why would you?
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I ain't giving a damned 1/8"! Screw that! This guy is an idiot.
 
You spoke about the Strict codes. I assume then you also pay "storm water run off" fees? It generally is based on the amount of your property with "Hard" cover. He may not know that either. And, is he diverting any water onto you? He's not allowed to!
 
rodney eppes said:
You spoke about the Strict codes. I assume then you also pay "storm water run off" fees? It generally is based on the amount of your property with "Hard" cover. He may not know that either. And, is he diverting any water onto you? He's not allowed to!
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If you don't divert water somewhere everyone would live in a pond.
 
A former neighbor, had a real estate lady that remodeled the house next to his. The remodeled house had a ditch on it, & she had it turned into his rear lot, with out his permission. First time it rained, HE had a Pond. He called the County, & they told her she could not reroute or divert the natural flow of water on to someone else's property, with out their permission. State Law! She tried to increase Her back yard, by changing the ditch.
 
No matter how and when..............you're neighbor is screwed and has wasted time and money on that "project". Oh.....and I believe he needs another permit/inspections to build the driveway to the EP ( edge of pavement )
 
Yep, there's a lil thing called encroachment. Now you can sell him the land per square foot and charge him whatever you want.....
 
So much Fail! :eek:
 
I took a peak at the gis..............you might be inspected too w that truck graveyard on your property :lol:. seriously, you have a nice piece of land in a nice area. I know one of your neighbors across the pond from you .....Charles, the welder is a great guy.
 
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Tradarcher said:
Does he have a building permit? What about impervious surface and watershed issues that close to the lake?
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The state watershed guidelines very rarely get involved with residential stuff. I have a II, III, and IV here, and they only mess with impervious when it is commercial projects (generally 24% w/curb and gutter, 36% without). II and III get into residential structures per acre though. II is something like 1 per acre, III is 1 per half acre (I could have those backwards though). Unless the city or county has stricter codes than the state minimum, the concrete really wouldn't be an issue. I thought this was ridiculous and even went so far as to have the lady over the entire watershed program come down so I could talk to her in person about several problem areas, and I could basically do nothing about it.

As for concrete and setbacks, I would assume most well thought out ordinances would take it into account. We do not here :shaking: which is something I'll be fixing when we change our code later this year and into next year. Looking at it, I could potentially make a case against it, but it would be weak. I would imagine Durham would at least have something to say about it.

I strongly doubt you could hold the guy to getting a building permit for the slab too. He won't admit to it being over $5,000 even if it is, so there's probably not much there. Once he starts building the garage though, he's probably SOL. Considering the inspections department would absolutely have to see the footing and any pre-slab work (none of which looks to have been done), it's going to get expensive for him very quickly.
 
rodney eppes said:
You spoke about the Strict codes. I assume then you also pay "storm water run off" fees? It generally is based on the amount of your property with "Hard" cover. He may not know that either. And, is he diverting any water onto you? He's not allowed to!
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I'm on the high side throughout the property line. I'm still determining my best point of attack to divert my storm water from my garden. Probably at the hidden seam heading straight towards the house.
 
mommucked said:
I took a peak at the gis..............you might be inspected too w that truck graveyard on your property :lol:. seriously, you have a nice piece of land in a nice area. I know one of your neighbors across the pond from you .....Charles, the welder is a great guy.
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Every single one of my trucks is documented and on record with the County after my last battle with another neighbor. Even had to show ID's of my helpers at the time to prove they were family. Durham tried their best to rape me for installing a fence wrong soon after I moved in. They tried to say I was running a business. Funny, if I'd known, I would have due to grandfather clause for the shop WAS a business for 30 years. I missed it by weeks. I settled by combining my lots into one and among various other things. I walked away about 15k less in my pocket to clear things up. COD has a THICK file on me now but no more skeletons. You don't mess around with COD!!!

I'm all good...
 
NC-V said:
Wow! I've been following in Garage waiting on pics... These are nice, I don't know why you are upset, that is top notch workmanship right there. Just give it a couple years and it will be broken up into a gravel driveway (maybe some slightly larger chunks mixed in there)
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This. No longer upset. Guy I work with describes how sharp the edges of broken concrete can be. And the nature for it to flip up when cracked. They won't be able to pull up on it in 3 years.

Folks, this is NOT how you install a concrete driveway. This is barely minimum standard for a public sidewalk.
 
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