Frankly, I don’t like cookie cutter housing tracts. I want something little different in my neighborhood.
Look at that guy. He’s had fun with this. That’s the real crime here. It’s not a run down dump. It’s not an eye-sore.
If the guy has some code violations, then I can see some need for compliance, but buy and large these code issuing departments are little fiefdoms what like to wield power as much as anything else.
There are many places in this nation where a house is out half a mile from anyone else. In such places, it baffles me why a government agency forces their codes on anyone.
If a guy burns himself to death, who cares. If he electrocutes himself, who cares? If he complies with codes, fine, he can sell the home on that basis. If he hasn’t, there won’t be a paper trail for the owner to prove he went with the codes.
Buyer beware. Enough said...
If the home is in a populated area, I can see more need for compliance. A fire or other violations could cause a problem for the neighbors.
Because we have to pay for the firemen and ambulances.
And everytime an emergency occurs somewhere, other people risk life and limb, for example, emergency vehicles can get into an accident racing to the scene.
And firemen are more likely to be killed or injured when fighting a fire in a house that is not up to code--floors more likely to collapse under them, roofs to fall on them, etc.
I'm very much in favor of codes and zoning.
And before I buy a house somewhere, I check to be sure the rules are to my liking.
I call them land fungus.