Hello! Recently, y'all were helpful when I was in the early planning stages. Well now I have a great buyer's agent and have a lender (jury is still out on the lender).
I found a house with a lot of things I love and a few things that scare me (specifically: it's very old BUT the sellers redid the kitchen and main bathroom). One of the selling points was the driveway, which is advertised on the MLS listing. Specifically, it has "paved driveway" as one of the amenities and under offstreet parking, it lists 3 spots.
My agent learned from the seller's agent that the neighbor actually owns the land that the driveway is on. The sellers attempted to buy the land a few years back but losing the square footage would cost the neighbor her zoning. There has been a verbal agreement that the sellers had sole access to the driveway.
What options would I have if I choose to purchase this home? Here's what I've been exploring: 1. Obtain an easement (sellers are unwilling to help obtain this) 2. Negotiate a lower rate because building a legal driveway would be messy + the MLS does have misleading information 3. Walk away and keep looking elsewhere
Any advice is appreciated, especially from people familiar with weird property line situations.
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