Lawyer well-versed in neighbor disputes

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

I'm having some issues with my neighbors about use of a shared private way. I've been trying for several years to have a civil conversation with them about how we can best utilize our shared property so that we both can get the use we want out of it. However, they have become increasingly hostile toward me & it is getting to the point where it is difficult if not impossible for me to access my property, and damage has been done to both my house & my vehicle. I don't particularly want to bring this to court, but it's really getting intolerable, and I'm hoping that a lawyer might be able to provide some advice on the best way to handle this. The few real-estate lawyers I have contacted deal primarily with closings, and I think I need some one with direct experience in neighbor disputes.

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Comments

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

I've heard that before, but I have a hard time picturing someone taking up a collection for plowing and especially paving. Homeowners association-type arrangements aren't too big in these parts.

[kpht.livejournal.com]

We're on the corner of a regular street and I guess what was a private way, or maybe still is, although it's marked as a regular street. Apparently before I moved in here, my husband found out that the plow the private way hired did damage to our stone wall that runs along the way, and he couldn't go through the city to recoup any costs, he had to repair the wall himself. I'm not sure why he didn't go to small clams court over it, honestly.