Thanks for the welcome esshup!

Great point about sharing a pond. We've actually tried to address that in the "POND RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT" a lawyer drew up. Since the dam is on my property, the entire, legally enforceable decision to have a pond or not is mine; I can remove it at any time as long as I'm willing to return the land to the previous state.

Probably more than that, though, my great neighbor has owned and will own his property in the area for a really long time, and it'll stay in his family. Same with mine/ours. Between my three daughters and I, we have a right of first refusal agreement in place among us too. All in all, we think Southern neighborliness and the desire to keep land in the families for a very long time will keep things in order. If not, though, the lawyer said things are in order in case one set of parties sells.

Last edited by KoonDog; 07/27/13 04:15 PM.