My timing has never been the best. I purchased the apartment that I’ve lived in for the last year and half three months ago. Today I learned I might be in a border war. Yesterday, there were a number of trucks from a realty company parked in the back of my building, blocking my parking space. After calling the phone number listed on the truck to have them move the trucks, I learned that the owner of the neighboring building is looking to build a fence. This fence if built would effectively block off access to my parking spot

As can be seen in the image above the fence would block off the route to my parking spot (marked 1). The owner of the neighboring building who is a rental property owner is looking to build the fence to effectively turn what is currently one parking space into two tandem spots for his property. Of course that fence would effectively deprive of me of my parking space. I was not in a good mood yesterday when I learned of this turn of events.  I would say a good 30k of the value of my condo is the parking space.  Losing the parking space would be huge loss personally and financially.

However, I’m not about to go down without a fight. While I still need to consult with the other condo owners in my building, I believe none of us would want this fence built. The fence would also restrict access the parking space next to mine (marked 2). In addition, I need to do further research to determine if the property that my neighbor wishes to build a fence is truly his and not part of the common right of way. Even if it is his property, I still have a few legal weapons at my disposal, an Easment, andAdverse Possesion. I’m no lawyer, but I will be consulting one shortly.