A detached garage looks like a simple project on paper. You pick a spot in the backyard, pour a slab, and frame the walls. Trouble starts when that spot sits two feet over a property line, on top of a … Continue reading →
You bought a piece of land in Philadelphia. You have a deed. You think you know where your property lines sit. Then a neighbor puts up a fence two feet onto what you thought was your yard. A plat of … Continue reading →
Rowhouse blocks squeeze property rules down to inches. Lots are only fourteen or sixteen feet wide, houses touch side to side, and the tiny gaps between them carry more legal weight per foot than almost any big open field. A … Continue reading →