Re: Parking....

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interesting problem.

> On 5/14/08, BBear wrote:
>
> No -- you have no rights in the property. Because you were
> given permission to use the property rather than using it
> adversely, adverse possession or easement by prescription do
> not apply even if you had used the property for 50 years.
>
>
>> Bought our house in VA (Fairfax County) in May 2001. On
>> the actual deed showing the property lines - it has approx
>> 2 20 foot gravel parking spaces. The previous owners had
>> an agreement with the owner (lives in FL) to park on
>> this "wooded lot". When I bought the house, I immediately
>> wrote to this woman, asking if whe was interested in
>> selling, and if not if she would continue the same
>> relationship as with the previous owner. She wasn't ready
>> to sell, but agreed and I spent much time and effort
>> making these 2 areas quite curb appealing. The lady just
>> died. Her daughter (B from hell) came up from FL to see
>> her inheritance. A couple of weeks later there's a fence
>> splitting the properties.
>>
>> Do I have any rights? It had been over 7 years since I
>> moved in and the previous owners lived there for several
>> more.