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I was reading this thread, and expecting to find an end to the story. So what took place?
My first reaction is that she doesn't want to post what happened because she lost but checking her last post tells a different story. She hasn't posted since the 9th so maybe she hasn't been on since then?????
Having a degree in Architecture will side with the builder as he drew up the plans for the garage addition and presented them to the City planning dept who reviewed and okayed the building permit. Complete plans had to be submitted for the number of sq ft involved.
Building seven ft inside the property line is kosher with me and as far as the OP...she does not have a leg to stand on except for the tree roots causing any potential damage.
One poster wrote they had an 18k lot and described it as good sized or something to that effect so they were able to add a 3 car garage.
And there is concern about set back and 7 feet seeming a little tight.
I had to chuckle. Perspective here is a little different. The front of houses must be a minimum of 75 feet from the road and side set backs 50 feet. The front of the garage can not be forward of the front of the house. Boats, RVs etc must be further back than the front of the house. You can not build on a lot of less than 5 acres or less than 200 feet of frontage. (unless permitted by variance)
Let's say the road my house sits on splits the two blocks around my neighborhood. It's 12 miles around that two block neighborhood. In that neighborhood there are 52 residences, 27 of which have barns, many of which are full sized farm barns, one across the road from my house. Neither of my next door neighbors objected to my building a 40 X 24 foot pole barn 16' peak height yet I had to get a variance and pay $50.00 to go before the committee to build. They granted the variance and I built.
That's the code here. I can only have one outbuilding of greater than 800 sq ft without a variance.
The only point here is codes are codes and all areas have them, however rural.
I hope some here enjoy reading of a different perspective.
One more quick example. My neighbor has 110 acres of land 600 ft of frontage with no improvements. He can't build a storage building on that property even though it would not be visible from any road or other residence without a variance because their is no residence on the property.
City/town codes and HOA rules. Some are more stringent than others, but all initially intended to protect property owners from unwanted eyesores that may distract from property values or the attractiveness of the neighborhood. Your not going to avoid rules by avoiding an HOA.
Well, her last post was about falling on her head. Maybe she's one of those unfortunate people who died because they didn't go to the hospital after a minor head injury.
On a brighter note, around where I live, neighbors aren't responsible for damage done by their tree roots.
I have learned that neighbors can start off great and end up a nightmare. It happened to me in another state so this time I am going to make sure I do all I can to prevent another nightmare.
And the common denominator would be?
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Same here
