Land consolidation and right of way, neighbour hoped for a positive decision in his favour

[Brem sur mer Forumsmitglied Alle Beiträge durchsuchen Profil ansehen Schließen Brem sur mer]

My neighbour bought his house because he believed that land consolidation would reopen a road.

His house is located in the forest and has only moderate transport links. He drives over 2 km of dirt road and then through a village, reaching a main road after a total of 6 km. He could reach the same road if he were allowed to use a 300 m (!) long path. This path crosses private property and was closed by a court years ago.
When the neighbour bought the property, he was told that he would be able to use this shortcut again once the land consolidation was complete. This would have made the house a bargain.

He bought it because he believed a few subordinates from the local authority.

In fact, land consolidation very rarely overturns or circumvents court rulings.
In the present case, there was no prospect of success, as the ruling had been upheld in the second instance. The road no longer exists – period!
If the neighbour had thought about it, he would have realised that repairing the dilapidated and closed road would incur considerable costs. It would have been very expensive for the municipality to make this path passable again. But, as already mentioned, land consolidation very rarely overturns existing court rulings.
So the neighbour was dealing with a lost cause. Now he's sitting in the middle of the forest waiting for aliens to land....

[Amer Forumsmitglied Alle Beiträge durchsuchen Profil ansehen Schließen Amer]

I bought a house based on statements made by municipal officials. Then land consolidation took place and I didn't get the road.


I went to court and lost. The ruling was based on the fact that municipal officials generally do not have in-depth legal knowledge. Anyone who believes them has only themselves to blame.

All in all, the matter cost me over €50,000. The loss in value of the property alone, due to poor transport links, amounts to approximately €40,000.

If I had thought about it for five minutes, I would have realized that these people only care about themselves. But I was just greedy and thought it was my big chance.

[von Klarenfeld besonders erfahrenes Mitglied Alle Beiträge durchsuchen Profil ansehen Schließen von Klarenfeld]

Greed is always a poor advisor. We do not see things as they are, but as we would like them to be.