A couple of weeks ago, some nefarious actor(s) entered my property in my absence and dug a couple of four foot deep holes! Maybe they were looking for buried treasure, who knows? (actually they appear to be a contractor working for a utility company of some sort - probably Claro). I decided it was not worth bothering the Sindico about such a minor matter and simply refilled the holes so nobody would accidentally fall into them. But this week, someone - perhaps the same one? - came back, re-excavated the holes, put telephone poles into them hacked up my fence line and scattered some of the brush around and piled some in the ditchline.
My surveyor told me when I bought the property, that my land extends to my side of the ditchline. The posts are just on my side of the ditch. The road is unpaved, so its course is somewhat variable over the years.
Is there any such thing as a utility easement? If so, does anyone keep track of where it is (such as a land court, for example)? Do utility companies (or their subcontractors) have right of eminent domain?
If someone constructs on my property without my permission, is it within my rights to simply "remove" the construction? I feel that it would be kinder to all concerned if I do this before the construction proceeds any further (say, by hanging wire on said posts). I am advising my sindico that I have been violated and I want the posts removed immediately. Anyone care to prognosticate?!
I should say that if I thought the placement of utility posts in front of my property was in the furtherance of some local community improvement, then I would cheerfully stand aside. But it appears that a fiber-optic cable is being strung up the mountain to a remote tower cluster some miles away. The local communities, which do not even have landline phone service, are certainly not about to have access to high speed data. Screw Claro.
My surveyor told me when I bought the property, that my land extends to my side of the ditchline. The posts are just on my side of the ditch. The road is unpaved, so its course is somewhat variable over the years.
Is there any such thing as a utility easement? If so, does anyone keep track of where it is (such as a land court, for example)? Do utility companies (or their subcontractors) have right of eminent domain?
If someone constructs on my property without my permission, is it within my rights to simply "remove" the construction? I feel that it would be kinder to all concerned if I do this before the construction proceeds any further (say, by hanging wire on said posts). I am advising my sindico that I have been violated and I want the posts removed immediately. Anyone care to prognosticate?!
I should say that if I thought the placement of utility posts in front of my property was in the furtherance of some local community improvement, then I would cheerfully stand aside. But it appears that a fiber-optic cable is being strung up the mountain to a remote tower cluster some miles away. The local communities, which do not even have landline phone service, are certainly not about to have access to high speed data. Screw Claro.
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