August 17th, 2009
Open Question: Mobile Home Leased Land Rights?
I live on leased land in a mobile home park. I have had a problem with neighbors using my leased area as a walk-though. I have asked them to stay off of my area but the problem continues. Do I have any rights here? There is nothing in the lease concerning boundaries and trespass. Although boundaries are not clearly marked, this is more concerning my back yard so there should be no mistaking that it is my leased area. The property manager tells me she can inform my neighbors of my concern but because there is no clause in the lease concerning this problem, she cannot enforce it. Would the local police have any jurisdiction in this matter being that this is a privately owned mobile home community?
Thanks for your responses people. There was damage to my yard back in May from Round-Up or some other type of vegetation killer. I know because I own a lawn treatment business. After discovering this I put up a surveillance camera and this is when I discovered people using my back yard as a cut through. I asked one neighbor nicely to not enter my yard without my prior knowledge. He has my cell number. 2 days later I see on my cam that he was back and forth through my yard moving tools to do a job for the other neighbor. I then sent him a nice but firm letter. His reaction was to threaten to lie about giving me verbal permission to place my shed on a pre-existing slab which is only 9 feet from his mobile home. I have spoken to the property manager who assures me that my shed isn’t going anywhere and that many residents here have sheds in close proximity to other homes in the park. I guess everything is OK with neighbor as long as I say and do nothing concerning his behavior.
