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Longjumping_West_907 t1_jdx03w2 wrote

NAL, but enforcing deed restrictions is up to the entity that put the restrictions in place. If that entity is a person you might just ask them about it. I know someone who has property with restrictions put in place by a land trust. They can ask the trust to modify the covenants, no guarantee that it will happen. Try the simplest solution first and see what happens.

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Subject_Meat5314 t1_jdx67yj wrote

Agree. The answer is first to just call/write the guy and ask. Then if it’s agreed on, you can either just document the agreement and live with the risk that he might be a dick about it later, or go through the process of actually lifting the covenant.

The only reason not to do this is if you’d rather just act first and apologize later which might be fine, or might be a huge legal nightmare, ruin goodwill with your neighbor, and worst of all make you live under the cloud of fear that you’ll run into those things (that last one is just the way my mind works. I hope you are healthier than me.)

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Lfcfan2187 OP t1_jdx56dn wrote

Completely agree, will try the most diplomatic approach. Was curious if anyone else had run into it more with the change in Maine constitution change

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