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Conference vmszoo::new_hampshire

Title:The Granite State
Notice:Welcome to NEW_HAMPSHIRE! Please read topic 1 before posting
Moderator:VAXCPU::michaud
Created:Fri Sep 26 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3666
Total number of notes:56511

3642.0. "Utilities easement" by SOLVIT::RYAN () Mon Feb 03 1997 15:24

    
    I received a package from NYNEX over the weekend proposing that I
    discuss with them their need for an easement on my property to build a
    small building.  Theye are expanding their telecommunications network in
    my area and require a 40'x40' easement to build the structure. 
    They included photos that show similar sites.  The buildings appear to
    be about 10'x14' with landscaping, etc.  They will pay all fees,
    permits and landscaping and compensate me for the easement.  Any
    opinions as to what it should be worth?  Any idea as to the risk?
    
    Any other comments gladly accepted,
    
    Please feel free to contact me offline if you have personal experience
    with a proposal like this.
    
    Thanks, Jim  (dtn 264-5301)
    
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3642.1VMSSG::FRIEDRICHSAsk me about Young EaglesMon Feb 03 1997 16:4218
    Gee, free T1/T3 service would be a nice extra to ask for!
    
    You might want to scan a picture of your house into a computer, then 
    scan the picture of their building/landscaping in and see if you 
    can live with how your place will look.
    
    Nynex has obviously done this with other people....  See if they
    will give you references so you can talk to those owners and see 
    how it went for them.
    
    Oh, and if it doesn't go in on your land, where are they going to put
    it??  Would you rather look at the hedges/landscaping on a corner of
    your property, or have it directly across the street with perhaps less
    landscaping towards the road?
    
    Cheers,
    jeff
    
3642.2MKOTS3::RAUHI survived the Cruel SpaTue Feb 04 1997 12:534
    They wanted to put one on my property in Manchester, I told them no.
    And they dug into the sidwalk a similar sorta dho-dha.
    
    
3642.3Just say no to easementsMILKWY::JACQUESTue Feb 11 1997 12:4411
    Keep in mind that an easement (any easement) will lower your' property
    value. I would not buy *any* piece of property that includes an
    easement. When I was shopping for a home, I passed on several pieces
    of property for this reason. Once you agree to this it is a permanent 
    arrangement. You cannot call them back next year and tell them to remove 
    the building and give you your' land back. NYNEX can send people out to 
    the property any time day or night to do maintainance on their 
    equipment. 
    
    Mark
    
3642.4NETCAD::MORRISONBob M. LKG2-A/R5 226-7570Tue Feb 11 1997 16:198
>    the building and give you your' land back. NYNEX can send people out to 
>    the property any time day or night to do maintainance on their 
>    equipment. 
    
  This is an important point. An easement carries with it the right to walk
across and, sometimes, drive vehicles across your property to access the
easement. And for a telephone switch facility, this could be any time, day
or night.
3642.5Offer them a 99 year lease :-)BRITE::FYFEUse it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.Wed Feb 12 1997 14:380
3642.6A Similar kind of thingHAZMAT::WEIERThu Feb 13 1997 11:4128
    It may not apply ... but an easement also gives them the right to DIG
    if they need to.
    
    On the house I had, there was a large/long easement on one side and at
    the rear of the property for a drainage ditch.  It looked like part of
    our side yard, and ~1/2 of our backyard.  We grew grass, planted trees,
    and were assured that the most that they'd ever need to do would be to
    drive back there and unclog the catch basin if it ever got clogged.
    
    Until they sold the land (it was more like a cliff, but they'll plant
    houses anywhere these days!) across the street from us, and the town
    decided that the size of the drainage pipe was insufficient, and it had
    to be replaced.  They had to completely dig out the old pipe, which
    tore up the side and a *LARGE* piece of the back yard and took ~a month
    mid-summer before there weren't piles of dirt left laying around.  Then
    when they went to connect to the street, they hit our sewer pipe and
    broke the pipe, so we had no sewage for a day before they could fix it
    (AND had to have our front yard dug up for them to repair that).
    
    What a nightmare.  
    
    So ..... be SURE that you understand EXACTLY what they'll be putting
    where.
    
    I like the idea of a 99-yr lease .... with a "no dig" clause! (-:
    
    -Patty