Re: Parking....

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go eagles!!

> 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.