Jeff H
Well-Known Member
I have a neighbor to the south of me who is asking for permission to build an access road across my property to access his Northern most 40 acres. Without this road he cannot get a vehicle into that area. Not even a 4 wheeler.
In the picture below my property is in Blue, His property is in Red and the area he wants an access road is in Green. The county road access is on the East side of both properties in Yellow. FWIW I have 50 acres that I can't get a vehicle into. That's just life in the Ozarks.
To provide a little background. I've owned my property for 22 years. He has inherited his 2 years ago. Gun season is in two weeks. He lives hours away in Kansas and I live 30 mins away. He had it logged 2 years ago and that Northern section was cut. I had been absent during that time but I'm pretty sure the loggers came across my property to get the logs out. Other than a helicopter or maybe mules I don't see any other way to get them out. I've not spoken to him yet, but he left a message on my voice mail this morning. I tried to buy this land years ago from the relative of his that he's inherited it from but she had no interest in selling. I'd still be interested if the price was right.
The road he wants has zero benefit to me and I don't see any reason to grant his request unless he wants to buy the easement. I'm assuming he wants to get in there to deer hunt but If I grant permission he could have a house, or three trailer houses in there in a month's time. In your opinion is there any reason to grant this easement? I don't want to burn any bridges but also don't want to be taken advantage of.
In the picture below my property is in Blue, His property is in Red and the area he wants an access road is in Green. The county road access is on the East side of both properties in Yellow. FWIW I have 50 acres that I can't get a vehicle into. That's just life in the Ozarks.
To provide a little background. I've owned my property for 22 years. He has inherited his 2 years ago. Gun season is in two weeks. He lives hours away in Kansas and I live 30 mins away. He had it logged 2 years ago and that Northern section was cut. I had been absent during that time but I'm pretty sure the loggers came across my property to get the logs out. Other than a helicopter or maybe mules I don't see any other way to get them out. I've not spoken to him yet, but he left a message on my voice mail this morning. I tried to buy this land years ago from the relative of his that he's inherited it from but she had no interest in selling. I'd still be interested if the price was right.
The road he wants has zero benefit to me and I don't see any reason to grant his request unless he wants to buy the easement. I'm assuming he wants to get in there to deer hunt but If I grant permission he could have a house, or three trailer houses in there in a month's time. In your opinion is there any reason to grant this easement? I don't want to burn any bridges but also don't want to be taken advantage of.