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What is a shared driveway easement?

A shared driveway easement is a registered right, recorded on title through Information Services Corporation, that lets one property use part of a neighbouring property's driveway to reach a garage or parking area, and it survives a sale because it is attached to the land itself, not to whoever happens to own it at the time.

Because it is registered with ISC rather than just agreed verbally between two neighbours, a buyer's lawyer will see it during a title search and can explain exactly what it does and does not allow before the deal closes, rather than a new owner discovering it the first time a car is in the way.

Maintenance responsibility, snow clearing and who can park where are the practical questions that actually cause disputes, and a well-drafted easement addresses them directly rather than leaving both sides to work it out informally after a problem shows up.

An easement that only exists as a decades-old verbal understanding between two now-different sets of owners is a common source of a closing delay, and it is exactly why a $400 to $600 home inspection alone will not catch it, a title search will. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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