Real Estate Attorney serving Bloomfield Hills, MI
you have these issues:
1. the owner's failure to maintain the property, might, if it interferes with the use of your property (rodent infestations, branches causing damage on your property etc, consitutes nuisance per se.
other than that, the owner technically can charge you with trespass
2. be very careful about getting the owner unhappy with you, a landlocked property owner can claim an access easement of necessity to get to the property- typically the shortest distance to road access with the least disruption to the other owner is where such easements go; you don't want him claiming through your property.
3. the fact the land is landlocked means his use of it might be very limited (zoning). Buying him out, for just the raw land might make sense; also you could partner with a couple of other neighbors and put an offer on the property and then divide it among the buyer(s).
I hope this helps
Answered on Jan 16th, 2023 at 7:17 AM