I purchased a lot in a small town in western Wisconsin that had a mobile home on it. The home was beyond repair so I removed it. The village then said I could not replace it because the lot was to small to comply with new ordinance. My question if this lot was platted […]

Can the Town of Frye Island, Maine enforce higher building permit fees (year 2006) when I filed for a building permit in 2004? Is there grandfather clauses that work in this case? The permit was not issued in year 2004 due to a 15 per year Growth Management Ordinance. The Growth Management Ordianance was recindend […]

I live in Hudson, Florida in a Deed Restricted Community. The HOA is out of control here and when a group of went to rally other neighbors they came after us. This morning they came in my backyard trespassing looking for violations claiming they have a complaint about the height of my hedges. I have […]

My husband and I bought our house five years ago. our yard is an acre and it has fencing all around it. there is a small piece of property with trees on it.a gentle man said he owns it and we have to move our fence because it’s on his property by three feet. this […]

I live in a community in Miami, Florida called “Valencia”. The HOA had sent me a notice in December 2007 to trim the areca palm in front of my townhouse. I had trimmed this and sent a letter stating same. The next letter I got was to remove the areca palm. Then I had to […]

I lease a townhome in a small complex in central Houston, TX. The property management company just sent a very rude and threatening letter to all tenants stating that in five days they will confiscate and destroy any/all personal property left in common areas.
This notice was titled as the ‘final warning’ of […]

in 1995 my mother-n-law gave my husband 1 acre of land, verbally. she didnot want land in his name until her death, she said was stipulated in her will. she was aware that we wanted to put a new mobile home on land and she agreed. since land was in her name, mobile home also […]

I won’t wast too much of your time.I live in a small town in n.c. My father died in 1998, and I promised him on his death bed that I would take care of my mother.She has never had a driver license and always has had bad nerves.So not long after I moved back […]

I have recently purchased a condo unit in Grand Forks, ND. It is a brand new condo and the original bylaws said nothing about prohibiting pets or pet deposits. Since then, an association has been formed and an addendum added stating that no pets are allowed except for original owners who already own […]

my sons mother has recently moved in with her new boyfriend and his roomate with my 2 and half year old son. it is a 2 bedroom apt on the first floor of a duplex. the roommate has his own room and my son his mother and her boyfriend are sharing another room. is there […]

I live in Screven County Georgia. I went in front of the zoning committee to ask for conditional use to re-open a restaurant. The commitee denied me because it is against the law to do two things on one lot. In other words, there is a trailor and a house on the same property […]

We own a home in NY that we purchased 11 years ago. The fence on one side is over the property line by about 2 feet and extends the length of our property. Our neighbor is the son of the the man who sold us the house. His mother (the x wife of […]

I am currently selling my home in North Carolina. The property is a duplex with two owners (including myself). There is no HOA in place. Neither party wants one but we do need some convenant or agreement between the parties about exterior maintenance and repairs. Is there anything you can draft up or recommend? […]

I bought my house back in 06 from my mother. When i purchased it i noticed the neighbor Tree’s and fence were on my property. Is it true that they can take my property because their fence is over the property line?

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