re: Would you sell a future neighbor a 15'x70' strip of the edge of your property?

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I think they have to give you a right of way/easement to access your property

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My parents got Fuct on the "Harvard House" in College Town this way...in '93 they lost the strip of lake front property to the right of the house which was included in the '87 sales agreement. There was supposed to be a street between our lots (Princeton Ave was supposed to run from Harvard to E. Lakeshore), but College Lake (lil pond Bert Turner built his house two-doors over on side nearest the Cow Palace) extended/ eroded away the easement years before.

Even though the street couldn't exist, we couldn't get the usufruct revoked. Baw we were fighting was a Councilman, and his house fronted Cornell, but he demanded right of way from Harvard to the back of his lot...of course, he managed to get it revoked and take the strip for himself about a year later.

Ma and Paw 19 sold it in 2002 to another neighbor, who sunk at least 1mil into it...Totally gutted and re-built with imported Italian marble and shite. Then he proceeded to sue the councilman and won (Big Bank take Little Bank type suit, long and $$$$) taking the strip back to the Harvard lot. He still lives on Harvard, I think, in the same house he always lived in and made quite a pretty penny on our house, even after what he paid for it and invested...treated my parents, myself and Mrs. 19 to a 5-day cruise to celebrate the Councilman beatdown with he and his wife.

It's the been the finest house on College Lake since...looks like the lake belongs to that house.