Easements: What are they and how might they affect your home? There's an old saying in real estate - "Under all, is the land". Translated, what that really means in layman's terms is that no matter what you build on it, how you improve it, or how badly you take care of it, the land is always there. Think about it, even in a devastating fire, when the fire is gone ... the land remains.
Easements are basically limited rights to use a parcel of land. There's such a thing as a general easement, which blankets the entire parcel, and a specific easement that covers a defined portion of the parcel. A common easement you might see on a typical parcel of subdivided land might be a drainage easement, or a utility easement covering the north 10 feet of the
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