Hi LandSurveyor, I was really hoping you would chime in.
1) I have no idea why this is a problem now and hasn't beein since 1948 when the houses were built. The atty said that title companies are really clamping down because banks are being very diligent in finding title clouds due to the foreclosure crisis.
2) My 1996 survey shows just my property and does not have any markings indicating how it falls in with the surrounding properties. It does not specifically measure the 8 ft opening, just the almost 70 feet of road frontage.
3) Mr Neighbour is afraid of a shared maintenance agreement. He says that a) it encombers his property for a future buyer and b) someone can come along and force him to pay thousands of dollars to upgrade the driveway. Additionally he feels that his 12 ft of cut out are more than adequate for his daughter's needs (she lives there) even though she rides out onto "my" part of the driveway every time she comes/goes.
4) I think that Mr Buyer and his surveyor were up to some hijinx initially. There is abandoned property behind mine to which I was deeded any rights that would have belonged to the previous owner of my property ... no where have rights ever been established. Mr Buyer and his surveyor drew that into the plat as owned by me. I told them they were wrong and so did the title company. I think that this raised the title company's hackles and made them really look at things more closely.
5) Mr Buyer is afraid of having the same problem I'm having and doesn't want to use my title company.
Should I contact the title company that has my owner's policy (1996) or the one which insured the lender on my last transaction (2007)?
Thank you so, so much for reading.

