The brief
After the owner passed away, three heirs wanted to divide a jointly owned rural property into separate real parts, keeping road access and agricultural usability for each. A drainage ditch crossing the property limited the viable division options.
The heirs also had different intentions - some wanted to farm the land, another to sell it. That meant the division had to be not merely legally correct but arranged so that each share was independently usable and saleable.
Our approach
We prepared several division options, weighing access, the drainage system and permitted land use purposes. Once an option was chosen we developed the land development project, obtained approval from the municipality and the authorities involved, and after approval carried out the cadastral survey of the new boundaries.
For each option we prepared an area calculation and an access diagram, so the heirs could compare them in figures rather than in general terms. The drainage ditch dictated the boundary line in two places, since the system could not be split between two owners.
The outcome
The property was divided into three independent land units, each with its own road access. The full process from initiation to registration in the Cadastre took five months.
Each land unit was assigned a permitted use and a registered access route, so the heirs could deal with their shares independently. The dispute never reached court at any stage of the process.
