We live on a \"private\" road. That means the county doesn't own or service it - somebody else does. I've always assumed that person was the developer. Well, my neighbor has been telling me for months that my wife and I own it, says he read it off some drawing of the development. But I never believed him, thought he was confused or mistaken. Because, how could I own a road?<\/p>\n
But today, curious, I called the county offices to see who really owns the road. The woman looked up the records. And, to my surprise, she said it was me: \"That road is owned by Cleek O'Monkeyshines.\" (yes, that's my real name - hi world!) So, I<\/i> own<\/b> the road. Mine! (well, Mrs owns some, too.) And she confirmed that we're paying taxes on it. Hmm. So, now being an official baron of transportation, I started to think about all the wonderful, tyrannical ways I could wield this power: toll gate at the entrance, sue the builder who's driving his heavy equipment up and down it and leaving tread marks in the pavement, pave it with bricks, turn it to dirt, block it off completely, etc.. <\/p>\n
The woman also gave me the deed reference numbers for the road, and I looked up the deed on-line. Just to verify. Yep. There's my name, right at the top of the deed: Cleek O'Monkeyshines and Lovey O'Monkeyshines. Yay! Then I noticed the deed had been amended to include our neighbors as partial owners, too. Boooo!<\/i><\/p>\n
So, my fantasy of empire was short-lived.<\/p>\n
But maybe being able to split the costs with four other families (once all five lots are sold and built) will be better for us than having sole responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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