Big Holes in NYC Zoning Regulations (real estate, renting, condo)
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I feel sorry for the property owner who has to put up with the self appointed neighborhood design cops who try to get in the property owner's business, when they have absolutely no right to.
I feel like the builder is a selfish POS with no regard for the neighbors, so we'll have to agree to disagree.
I feel like the builder is a selfish POS with no regard for the neighbors, so we'll have to agree to disagree.
The only neighbors that are complaining are old people who don't give a f*** about anything but themselves. The rest of the people on that block are sitting tight watching their property value go up 50%, waiting for their house to get bought up, because of that so called "monstrosity". That thing raised land value for the whole block no doubt.
Well, after they build up the block, it will be the norm, rather than the exception. But as the only monstrosity currently, its *ruined the visual cohesiveness* IMO
Its just the nature of the beast called progress. Lots of buildings around the city are being torn down. You ever seen those condos in Williamsburg casting shadows on those ugly row houses? Well i have. Though I haven't see a NYTimes article about how Williamsburg has been destroyed the past decade.
Tell me how, in any objective quantifiable way, his house hurts any of his neighbors. Does his being big make any of there's smaller? Do they have any right to "neighorbood visual cohesiveness"?
Really, I think it's just jealousy. His nice new big house, makes their old crackerboxes look like crap, and they don't like it.
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Originally Posted by yodel
I feel like the builder is a selfish POS with no regard for the neighbors, so we'll have to agree to disagree.
Look at the third photo in the article - a picture says a thousand words.
I'd post the photo if I could.
After seeing the photo, it makes me wish everyone else on the block tears down their ugly row houses. If everyone does that collectively they'd all have more expensive properties. But they may need a spare 500k in cash to do that.
After seeing the photo, it makes me wish everyone else on the block tears down their ugly row houses. If everyone does that collectively they'd all have more expensive properties. But they may need a spare 500k in cash to do that.
Even if they had built a taller house within the original footprint, the impact on the neighbors wouldn't have been so bad.
It pretty much forces everyone to sell, or tear down and rebuild if they don't want to live in the dark. I'm sure that eventually all that will happen, but I'd be surprised if a whole street of modified Fedders would hold it's value long term. That type of construction don't seem to age well.
Even if they had built a taller house within the original footprint, the impact on the neighbors wouldn't have been so bad.
It pretty much forces everyone to sell, or tear down and rebuild if they don't want to live in the dark. I'm sure that eventually all that will happen, but I'd be surprised if a whole street of modified Fedders would hold it's value long term. That type of construction don't seem to age well.
I don't think the new home looks good either because its too plain. Though I've seen similar sized new construction that looks much nicer. Darker colored bricks would have helped. But to even think that any of the existing row houses are any better is rediculus.
I have similar row houses near me and wonder every time I pass by why they don't just tear them down. To me having a plain looking newly constructed home looks better than a group of ugly old row houses. I also wonder the same about the coops near me which are hideous and should be torn down and replaced with tudor homes. I guess I just need a NYTimes writer to share the same opinion as me to express their thoughts.
I would think this story has more to do with Chinese version of gentrification in queens. If I was the property owners I would be thanking my lucky star that someone wants to spend over a million dollars to live in flushing ($600K+ to buy the property and $500K+ to build a new house). Seems rather rude to bad mouth someone after they overpaid for your property and plan to invest additional money into the neighborhood. Americans will have to get use to Chinese people no longer being poor, even though they do have questionable taste.
I would think this story has more to do with Chinese version of gentrification in queens. If I was the property owners I would be thanking my lucky star that someone wants to spend over a million dollars to live in flushing ($600K+ to buy the property and $500K+ to build a new house). Seems rather rude to bad mouth someone after they overpaid for your property and plan to invest additional money into the neighborhood. Americans will have to get use to Chinese people no longer being poor, even though they do have questionable taste.
Sometimes I also don't get their thought process in choosing the design of the house. I've seen really nice homes built by Asians , though they still get negative comments online simply because theyre Asian and have money, as well as plain boxes like the one in the article. If I were rebuilding I for sure wouldn't just build a plain house.
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