I'm selling a piece of property and every time a real estate agent brings prospective buyers to look at it, two of the neighbors meet them at my property and tell them they will not allow and utilites to be ran to the property. The reason they are doing this is because one of the neighbors wants to purchase the land for almost nothing. The for sale signs have been removed, but there is no proof of them doing it. They did this today again, and they did it right in front of the agent also. There is a right of way in the deed so i shouldnt have a problem running the utilites, but what I am wondering is if I have any legal actions i can take. There is no telling how many people who would have bought the land that they have scared off by telling them lies.
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- Thread Starter dh05720
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army judge
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Therein lies the rub, OP. You can't PROVE if they've interfered with the sale.
If anything has been done to harm your interests, your remedy would be a tort named: tortious interference with business/commerce.
I suggest you simply have the listing agency provide proof of your assertion in order to prove that there are no negative issues, insofar as utilities are concerned should the prospect desire to purchase the property.
In fact, you might offer a provision in the purchase contract that you would pay for the cost of running utilities onto the property, if such a barrier were to occur. You could then have that guarantee underwritten by an insurance company, or simply put a certain sum in an escrow account which would be used by your real estate attorney to insure you follow through in the event of any obstacle. Any lawyer could craft the exact terminology to be included in the purchase documents.
Good luck.
