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Asked Sep 28, 2006, 08:33 AM — 3 Answers
We live in Maryland on a shared roadway/driveway--our house is at the very front of the property. There are 6 other residents on the road. We are having a disagreement regarding how the cost of repairing the road should be shared. Because we only have acess to 50% of the road, we think that we should only pay 1/7 of 50% of the cost of repair. Of course, our neighbors, particularly those in the back, disagree. We do not have any attached maintenance agreement to our deed and are not a part of a subdivision, although the developer had originally designated as such, he never recorded it in the county records. So, my question: is there some sort of implied law regarding how maintenance costs for shared private drives are to be divided or is it purely negotiable?

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Sep 28, 2006, 08:44 AM


I'm not sure of the law here, but if this is a private road, then each homeowner that uses that road, in any part, should pay an equal share in its maintenance. Whether there is law to that effect or not, I think that is both the ethical and neighborly thing to do.
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Sep 28, 2006, 01:27 PM
Shared road agreement should be shared equally among the residents on the road. Otherwise, you maintain the area in front of your residence and let the others maintain theirs - of course, the other 6 residents get to use your portion to access their homes so paying 1/7 of the entire costs make sense from your standpoint.
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Sep 28, 2006, 04:32 PM


On a shared road the custom is that all costs are split equally amoung the uses. This can often be done informally or though an association,
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