El ‘Robed Ones’ — OUT OF CONTROL, worldwide
Canada-who cares?
Three million buys a lot of ammo.
Quebec , the place with Language Police ,LOL
All the while California allows homes to be built right into the forested areas of the state, forcing firefighters to deal with saving lives first rather than containment during the wildfires.
Okay, so the house is too close to the street by 28 feet. But the owner got an exemption. The solution is simple: move the street back 28 feet.
I really should open up my own consulting business.
local city will need to pay for it.
From the looks of the house and the story involved it appears there were greased palms all around.
I wouldn’t live anywhere I can see my neighbors.
He should demolish it for looking like a prison. Yuck. That’s some ugly crap.
Translated into English: The neighbors were jealous of his $3 million mansion.
-PJ
Sue the city for cost/relocation/and emotional distress from the butthurt neighbors.
You have every right to property that the government is willing to tolerate.
“the city’s exemption was an illegal abuse of power.”
If that ain’t making Orwell blush I don’t know what will. And you just know some a hole neighbor would have complained if it was too close to the water moving it back the 28 feet they demanded.
Note to self. NEVER live in a neighborhood with HOAs. Without exception they are all run by librarian type tyrants who LOVE the power.
They really are racist there.
But they are french which means it should be expected.
Exactly.
Sounds like there was some corruption going on to give one person special status.
Following the concept of “those at fault are the ones to pay”, the City should use eminent domain to buy the house, demolish it, and then put the lot back on the market to recover what costs they can.
Owner gets paid for what is not his mistake, and can repurchase the lot and rebuild further back if that is desired.
I actually like the style of the House, but I am perplexed that the Building Codes would allow having Residential Construction with a Flat Roof in Canada.
It would have to be reinforced to tolerate the Snow load I would think. That is an expensive proposition in relation to building a House with traditional sloped Roofing.
Where the heck is my favorite Canuck “Build it Right” Mike Holmes?
For that sort of money I would expect underground utilities.
We wanted to demolish a screen porch plus a hot tub deck and build a sunroom on the same footprint. The deck had originally been built in the rear setback which was apparently ok, but because the sunroom was gonna have HVAC, the city required me to apply for a special exemption permit ($150 fee). I had to mail a letter to my surrounding neighbors alerting them to the exemption and give them a chance to voice a complaint (none did). An inspector also had to come out and measure/take photos. We have a small, odd shaped backyard. When the inspector came out and analyzed the situation, he said one corner of our HOUSE was in the setback and the house should never have been built on the lot. He was cool about it though. He said since the original approval by the city was technically their fault, he would take his measurements off a corner marker further off, which made it all just fine measurement-wise. He also said the special exemption wasn’t needed and he would change it to a normal building permit. I asked if I could get my $150 back...he laughed and said “Don’t push it”. I also got the explanation in writing!