Are we giving away our property?

[RunningOnEmpty]

What is the name of your state? California

My husband is helping our next door neighbor replace his rear fence and add a gate so neighbor can park vehicles/boats, etc. in the rear of his property when he desires. Neighbor also has a very large motor home, but not enough space along his rear property line (due to those damned City trees!) to enter through the planned rear gate. We will also be replacing our shared fence at the same time.

My husband is thinking that we might move the shared fence about a foot or two over onto our property so that neighbor will have the room he needs to pull his MH in through the back. We have a very large lot and are not using this area for anything but grass.

Would we permanently lose our property by adverse possession somewhere down the line should we accommodate our neighbor?

 

[ralph31]

This is info that I have picked up on this site. I'm going through an adverse possesstion situation which means I have only a little bit of knowledge in this matter.

I understand that in California one condition of adverse possession is that it only has to be ongoing for five years to satisfy a time requirement.

I have been advised that in my state, TN, one person can give another their consent in allowing them to occupy his/her property. You could do this, but include a clause that you can revoke it at a time of your choosing. You may want to sell your property, relocate or rebuild the fence. Lots of things can come up.

And, you should get this consent aggreement approved by a real estate attorney and registered at the court house, or whereever.

You would be doing this neighbor a favor, therefore he should not object to your requesting the above action should you choose to allow his use of the space on your property.