{"product_id":"vragen-66500-huis-gekocht-kavel-sluit-aan-zijkant-aan-op-5-andere-kavels-dmv-een-verhard-paadje-van-1meter-breed","title":"Legal Advice on Right of Way and Fence","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e \nBought a house, the plot connects to 5 other plots on the side by a paved path of 1 meter wide (of which the 5 residents are partly owners). Now we have placed a fence with a gate, but 3 of the 5 have only been informed. Indeed: now 1 resident is complaining (who was not informed, stupid of us) and he does not give us the right of way, only if we surrender 50 cm of our land to widen the path between our plots. Can he demand this?\n Another question: Are we allowed to leave the gate in place if we do not use it (i.e. if we do not receive a right of way?) How strong is the position of one resident who does not grant us a right of way while the other 4 do?\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nI understand that you are not a co-owner of the path and that no easement has been established on your property to allow use of the path. In that case, you are unfortunately not allowed to use the path; you cannot force the resident in question who does not wish to grant a right of way to grant this right. If the gate is properly closed so that it can no longer be used, the owners of the path cannot force you to remove it.\n\n The proposal to obtain a right of way in exchange for a widening of the path is certainly legitimate. You do not have to make use of this, but if you do, a proper agreement must be drawn up in which, in addition to yourself, the 5 owners are parties, which agreement must then be recorded in a notarial deed so that everything can also be registered with the land registry and any subsequent owners of the path are also bound by it.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55004082012509,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-66500-huis-gekocht-kavel-sluit-aan-zijkant-aan-op-5-andere-kavels-dmv-een-verhard-paadje-van-1meter-breed","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}