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Anonymous wrote:VDOT owns about 10-12' of our front yard. No sidewalk, but that first 10-12' belongs to VDOT not to us as homeowner. It is not just an easement.

Now, we also wouldn't bother to confront someone as OP describes, regardless of ownership, if it were in the first few feet.

Do you mean inches?

10 to 12 feet does not make sense.

No, feet. The actual pavement for the road is narrow. Tricky for a car and a truck to pass each other. The land owned by VDOT for the road is wider on both sides. Honestly, we wish they would widen the pavement, which easily would fit on the land they already own.

The VDOT-owned land width for roads seems to vary from one place to another within Fairfax County.

That does not sound right.

What did your purchase survey show?

The purchase survey showed what was described above. Looking at it right now.

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Anonymous wrote:In Arlington that easement may be eventually used for sidewalks, street lamps, some utilities. Fairfax may be similar.

In Fairfax County, excepting the incorporated towns/cities and excepting private roads, usually there is a buffer strip of actual VDOT-owned land beyond the pavement (or curb) before the legal lot begins. Usually for those cases, it is not an easement on land that is part of the homeowner's lot.

When they updated fiber optic lines in our neighborhood, we were required to sign temporary easements to give permission to them to dig in that strip between the curve and the sidewalk

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VDOT owns about 10-12' of our front yard. No sidewalk, but that first 10-12' belongs to VDOT not to us as homeowner. It is not just an easement.

Now, we also wouldn't bother to confront someone as OP describes, regardless of ownership, if it were in the first few feet.

Do you mean inches?

10 to 12 feet does not make sense.

No, feet. The actual pavement for the road is narrow. Tricky for a car and a truck to pass each other. The land owned by VDOT for the road is wider on both sides. Honestly, we wish they would widen the pavement, which easily would fit on the land they already own.

The VDOT-owned land width for roads seems to vary from one place to another within Fairfax County.

That does not sound right.

What did your purchase survey show?

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Anonymous wrote:Look up address in county records. It will show plat.

Can someone provide actual website/link for this? I've searched many times trying to find plats with no luck(?)

https://icare.fairfaxcounty.gov/ffxcare/search/commonsearch.aspx?mode=address

Put in address, after results, there is "map" tab on the left side

Excellent - thank you!

I wouldn't comsider the boundaries in Icare to be accurate. Otherwise, I own half of my neighbor's garage.

Same on my street

The neighbor on that side is fastidious about cleaning his garage. Maybe I can use this map to convince him to clean my garage, since icare shows part of it inside his property line :D

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Anonymous wrote:Look up address in county records. It will show plat.

Can someone provide actual website/link for this? I've searched many times trying to find plats with no luck(?)

https://icare.fairfaxcounty.gov/ffxcare/search/commonsearch.aspx?mode=address

Put in address, after results, there is "map" tab on the left side

Excellent - thank you!

Are you really so rude that you are going to use this to justify your dog crapping on the neighbor's yard? Even after the neighbor explicitly asked you not to?

Don't be an entitled dog owner stereotype.

Be a good nrighbor and keep your dog away from other people's yards.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look up address in county records. It will show plat.

Can someone provide actual website/link for this? I've searched many times trying to find plats with no luck(?)

https://icare.fairfaxcounty.gov/ffxcare/search/commonsearch.aspx?mode=address

Put in address, after results, there is "map" tab on the left side

The icare map lines are not exactly accurate though.

For example, every house but 3 on my side of the street shows the left property line either going through the front corner of the house/garage or running on top of the left side of the house, while the right property line is double the distance away/,sitying on or through the neighbor's left side of the house.

In reality, all the houses have normal easements on both sides and no property lines go through the garages/exterior walls.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VDOT owns about 10-12' of our front yard. No sidewalk, but that first 10-12' belongs to VDOT not to us as homeowner. It is not just an easement.

Now, we also wouldn't bother to confront someone as OP describes, regardless of ownership, if it were in the first few feet.

Do you mean inches?

10 to 12 feet does not make sense.

No, feet. The actual pavement for the road is narrow. Tricky for a car and a truck to pass each other. The land owned by VDOT for the road is wider on both sides. Honestly, we wish they would widen the pavement, which easily would fit on the land they already own.

The VDOT-owned land width for roads seems to vary from one place to another within Fairfax County.

It just varies endlessly. I own to the curb (no sidewalk) but there is an easement shown on my plat. I don't know what the easement allows. Because we have an actual curb step-down, we don't really get pedestrians in the lawn.

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Anonymous wrote:VDOT easement almost everywhere - not that guy’s property

not true. look it up the address in the assesment database. Our property does right up to the vdot road edge....there is no buffer. neighbor has a 15' bufer. go figure.

Just because your property goes to the road doesn’t make my statement false.

That buffer isn't for your dog and you.

It kinda is, definition of public use.

It varies based on when the property was platted and what was in the approval. Most homeowners don’t know where their property lines are. See all the wrong responses above.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look up address in county records. It will show plat.

Can someone provide actual website/link for this? I've searched many times trying to find plats with no luck(?)

https://icare.fairfaxcounty.gov/ffxcare/search/commonsearch.aspx?mode=address

Put in address, after results, there is "map" tab on the left side

Excellent - thank you!

I wouldn't comsider the boundaries in Icare to be accurate. Otherwise, I own half of my neighbor's garage.

Anonymous wrote:In Arlington that easement may be eventually used for sidewalks, street lamps, some utilities. Fairfax may be similar.

In Fairfax County, excepting the incorporated towns/cities and excepting private roads, usually there is a buffer strip of actual VDOT-owned land beyond the pavement (or curb) before the legal lot begins. Usually for those cases, it is not an easement on land that is part of the homeowner's lot.

In Arlington that easement may be eventually used for sidewalks, street lamps, some utilities. Fairfax may be similar.

It’s a grey area with vdot. They are responsible for maintaining it so if the brush grows and impedes vehicular line of sight vdot will cut it per request. They are also required to maintain the area as it is usually a “ditch area” to facilitate storm water. If domineering crap there vdot will come and clean it. It’s their land and they are required to maintain it. The homeowner is NOT required to maintain the vdot area and yes the public can walk on it, takes dogs (need to pick up poop), etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VDOT owns about 10-12' of our front yard. No sidewalk, but that first 10-12' belongs to VDOT not to us as homeowner. It is not just an easement.

Now, we also wouldn't bother to confront someone as OP describes, regardless of ownership, if it were in the first few feet.

Do you mean inches?

10 to 12 feet does not make sense.

No, feet. The actual pavement for the road is narrow. Tricky for a car and a truck to pass each other. The land owned by VDOT for the road is wider on both sides. Honestly, we wish they would widen the pavement, which easily would fit on the land they already own.

The VDOT-owned land width for roads seems to vary from one place to another within Fairfax County.

Anonymous wrote:VDOT owns about 10-12' of our front yard. No sidewalk, but that first 10-12' belongs to VDOT not to us as homeowner. It is not just an easement.

Now, we also wouldn't bother to confront someone as OP describes, regardless of ownership, if it were in the first few feet.

Do you mean inches?


10 to 12 feet does not make sense.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look up address in county records. It will show plat.

Can someone provide actual website/link for this? I've searched many times trying to find plats with no luck(?)

https://icare.fairfaxcounty.gov/ffxcare/search/commonsearch.aspx?mode=address

Put in address, after results, there is "map" tab on the left side

Excellent - thank you!