Does your property have any easements? Chances are, it does. An easement is the right of another person or entity, such as a public utility or government agency, to use part of your property. Most ...

When you buy real estate, including in the form of a house and the land it sits on, it's your private property to do with as you wish. As long as you follow local zoning and building code rules, you ...

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

Not long ago, a neighbor asked if I knew where our sewer and storm drains are located. He wants to adjust the drainage on his property to drain into the public storm sewer drain, which I knew adjoins ...

Q: My house was built 2 feet into the utility easements. There is a utility pole with electric transmission wires 3 feet from the back of my house. If the pole should need to be replaced, would the ...

Q. There is a property that I want to buy, but I just learned that there is a gas easement in the backyard. I have four questions about this : What is a gas easement? How should it affect my purchase ...

Q: My house was built 2 feet into the utility easements. There is a utility pole with electric transmission wires 3 feet from the back of my house. If the pole should need to be replaced, would the ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Imagine coming home to find your locked fence taken apart and a stranger in your backyard. It happened to one Greensboro woman, and now she wants other homeowners to know when ...

The Palm Beach Architectural Commission took a step Wednesday to ensure that applicants before the board understand that approvals for projects now come with a caveat, of sorts, linked to the townwide ...