easement

Waterfront properties are not infrequently encumbered by an easement to allow nearby properties access to the waterfront. Two brothers owned several lots on Lake Whatcom. They sold the upland lots and kept the waterfront property, but granted an easement for access to the waterfront. The brothers spent their own time and labor to maintain the common area for ten years, though under the terms of the easement these costs were supposed to be shared. On one lot the new neighbors invited people to swim and use jet skis from the lakefront property dock and started building a parking lot on […]