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?

Thanks

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.

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.

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