Can a real estate agent put a sign in my yard?
Posted on February 24th, 2010 in Renting & Real Estate | 11 Comments »
choppes asked:
Our neighborhood has the design with an open space between the street and the sidewalks. All the home owners have landscaped these areas, installed underground sprinklers, etc. Our city also assigns home owners the responsibility for maintaining and repairing (when needed) the sidewalks in front of your home.
My thoughts are that the real estate agent needs to ask my permission to put a sign in the corner of my yard (between the street and the sidewalk), as this is part of my lot.
Am I off base here?
I should mention, the sign points to a house down the street, my house is not for sale!
11 Responses
thermage body contouring
You have the right to take it down.
Sacramento Condos, Sacramento Homes
I think the agent should ask first as its just more proper. But there may be an easement there and in that case they wouldnt have to ask permission
Sale by Owner
I am a real estate agent and my theory is I should always ask permission and also thank the people that allow me to put up directional signs.
Someone is a jerk if they don’t. They are also stupid because the sign may “disappear” each week if they don’t ask you.
Sale by Owner
scratch that…. take it down!!
Orlando Real Estate agent
It is most likely part of an easement to you propriety, but if you are not selling your home, why would a real estate agent put a sign out in front of your home? If on the other hand you are selling your home and have contracted with this agent to sell it, then he does have the right to put a sign up on the easement, you granted that permission when you signed the contract.
California Real Estate
if it’s outside your fence or near the sidewalk then this is the nature strip which is the Local Government (Council) property.
Lip Augmentation
The listing agreement will address this issue. Some people specify there is to be no sign, for whatever personal reason they have, possibly to prevent total strangers from seeing the house is for sale as well as thwarting nosy neighbors.
Orlando Florida Real Estate
I’m assuming that this isn’t your house that is being sold.
If a Realtor puts a sign in your yard…then pick it up, and throw it away…trust me, they are used to it.
Vancouver WA Realtor
Please clarify… Are you the one placing your house on the market and don’t want a sign? Or has one of your neighbors placed theirs on the market and their Realtor is placing a directional sign in your yard?
If you are the one listing your house, keep the sign. How else are you going to let people know that you are selling your property.
If it’s a neighbor and their Realtor placed a directional sign on your property, not the city or county easement, then by all means, call the agent and ask them to remove the sign, if you don’t like it there. I place directional signs for open houses. I place them just before my open house, then have them down within 10 to 15 minutes of the open house ending.
If it is on the city or county easement, you can always double check with the Code Enforcement Dept. to see if placing the signs are in violation of any type of codes. Orlando FL has a no yard sign ord. and picks up signs all the time. They are fining violators $1,000 per sign for repeat offenders.
I hope this helps.
Brigantine Nj Homes
Take a look at your plat map or lot map (you can get those at the city land and development office) – if it lists that property as part of your lot, you can do with it what you want. If it’s listed as “city” land, I’m sorry but you may be out of luck.
Torrance Homes
Generally that area of land either belongs to the local city/town or has easements for official use.
Most municipalities do not allow the posting of any type of signs or other means of advertising in those areas and be mindful of the fact that a sign or other obstruction can be considered a nuisance to you and you neighbors.
If it were my house I’d simply make the sign disappear or if I was in a good frame of mind I’d lay it down so the Realtor could retrieve it.