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

By law one of the owners will have to give you a right of way, you will have to compensate them and if the refuse to consent to a location you will have to file a right of access and the court will set the least injurious location.

Well, that settles the unity of title issue, which I ASSUME LA follows.

Have you verified the lot can even be subdivided and a residence built on it?

Personally, given the fact it is free land I don't think I would personally be concerned about using an easement of necessity even if the property is subsequently sold but it does have potential issues and may have a negative effect on the value of the home once built.

Have you considered buying the strip from your families lot vs the stranger's lot? If your family won't sell it to you then a stranger is an even more uphill battle. Personally, I would require a hefty bit above "fair market" to sell off a strip like this if it were mine. You also have to consider the negative impact building on a lot like this will have on the value of a house you build. Based on the drawing and trying to scale it out from the 70' you need to for a driveway unless you plan to build a cracker box it may be shooting yourself in the foot.

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Are you trying to get to Road L or Roadway?

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My guess would be that the road at the top left of the drawing runs parallel to the top of the drawing, and the op would like a driveway to run from the top center of the drawing and his proposed site. I'm guessing that the cult that has three complexes, on their large piece of land on the right side, are the problem neighbors.

But, that's just a guess. 7 pages, and a magnificent picture later, and I still don't know what's going on.

Psa...it is a very real possibility that you might end up getting some pussy if you build your fence 8 inches inside of your property line...don't ask me how I know...I just know.

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He want's to put a double-wide in the in-laws back yard

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He better keep that to himself. He's already subtly bragged enough about marrying into a family that can just give away land.

If I understand what the OP has presented, he is the one out of line for even thinking the neighbors would upset their private, lifetime investment they've made for the provision and security of their own family.... just because this other "family" can't get their sh#t together??? Just plain absurd.

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How did you manage to get a landlocked property?

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How did you manage to question what is answered in the initial post plus nearly a dozen other previous explanations?

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You are a fricking idiot. You have 3-4 attorneys in this thread trying to pry enough information from you to give you some advice, but your dumbass refuses to give the necessary information.

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This has to be one of the most ridiculous threads here. I've bought and sold similar properties that did have means of access granted that were established 70 years prior... and still insisted real estate and title attorneys research the property all the way back to the stone ages. Why would anyone even consider building on, buying, or owning any property that has not been thoroughly vetted by a good attorney? A small price to pay considering the thousands of REAL LIFE legal issues that can literally bankrupt a naïve and foolish property buyer. A list of what can go wrong if you don't take precautions would last for pages.

Get an attorney no matter what. Anything else is a futile and complete waste of time.

And from what I understand, the property is not even technically "landlocked" as would be defined in litigation. The neighbors are very much in reason to refuse to chop up their property. They would have to be fools to consider making concessions for a situation that could otherwise be easily settled by the owners.