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MathematicianGlum880 t1_jdww0t1 wrote

I don’t understand how, you bought land from someone, so it’s no longer their land. It has restrictions on the deed, because the prior land owner put them there, but he no longer owns the land. One would think that you could have the restrictions removed considering he’s no longer involved. Seems a bit on side of being crazy.

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Subject_Meat5314 t1_jdx5etv wrote

The way it works is the former landowner agrees to lowering the value of the land (or even to sell in the first place) only if certain conditions are met by the future landowner. The benefit to the future landowner is lower cost to purchase or just the ability to purchase in the first place. If the current owner no longer wants to abide by the restriction, then there is appropriately some work to be done to revise the deal.

Why wouldn’t it make sense for me to sell half my land to someone only under the specific legally binding condition that they don’t turn it into something I don’t want to live near? Especially if that person explicitly and knowingly agrees?

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Earthling1a t1_jdx5zn8 wrote

No different than a right of way. If I have a deeded ROW over your land, and you sell it to Jake DeBrusk, I still have that right of way whether he likes it or not.

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