Selling a house(Neighbors think they own the side yard)

[Throwin Darts]

Wow some people are nuts.

Following for the outcome

[CabezaBlanca]

Wow. Good explanation of election results right here!

[Briar Friar]

Sometimes it is just a conversation and a copy of the survey

And a tape measure, marking flags, marking paint, and an iphone taking pictures.

Give them opportunity with deadline to remove their belongings.
Double check the fence line with survey and dont be surprised if the fence line has encroached.
You can always simply disclose encroachment on sellers disclosure if laziness is a thing.

I recently on had neighbor encroach his fence and exclude 3 spray heads from builder contractor installed irrigation….installed 20 years ago. I gave him the option to move the fence or I would. He complied and moved his fence within the Labor Day weekend.

I like to measure, flag and photo document before approaching and photo document during the discussion.
Good luck MrFisher.

[Huntindad]

the fence looks to be new. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't encroach as was stated earlier on the yard fence as well as the one by the house.

Please keep us posted on the outcome.

[Man]

My grandma's house (now my moms) in the Heights area is like that from a handshake made in '50's.
Of course yours looks like it was a decision made last week.

[Slew]

I bet they have family that lives in Lindale!! Dealing with similar ourselves.

[Playa]

Seagraves, a tiny little town about an hour southwest of Lubbock.

Seagraves? Well this makes more sense, but I bet the Mennonite craftsmanship on that porch is fantastic…

[Jon Stewart]

Just talk with the neighbor and tell them they will have to remove the fence off your property. Hopefully that won't be an issue. Then offer to sell the house to them.

[SaintBlaise]

Adverse possession was mentioned above, that takes years to become applicable.

Call code enforcement and ask to see the building permit and demand they inspect it. CE loves going to sites that were built without permits. The county should do most of the heavy lifting for you. Also, get an aerial photo from google for before their encroachment.

[camoclad]

It's a special kind of person to just walk over to your dirt and say, mine! If you ever wanted to start, say, a death squad, look for good ol folks that pull this crap to man the ranks. So much worse than any other type of theft, possibly the most diabolical folks amongst us who aren't already locked up. Criminally insane I tell you. Pond scum!!!

[smokeless]

Oh heck no. This was done recently. The fence looks new.

[Backwoods101]

Why did you let them do that?

That’s what you gathered from all this?


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[Puncher51]

Seagraves? Well this makes more sense, but I bet the Mennonite craftsmanship on that porch is fantastic…

Haha I thought the same thing!!

[Lungbustr]

Why didnt they just try to steal an equal amount of the property all the way from front to back?

So strange.

[Gclyde28]

As others already said, check your survey, it will show setbacks. Not only did they blatantly take some y'alls yard by tying their fence right into the rent house, but they built their covered patio/pergola thing right up to the property line and from the looks of y'alls house there is probably a 5' setback along the property line. I would have a field day with that neighbor.