All part of Plank #1 of the Communist Manifesto to eliminate private property.
That has already happened a while ago...
I’m all for private owners doing what they wish on their own property but in this case it clearly impacts the neighbors negatively.
Exactly, you don't understand. If you want to control the property, own the property.
So, they built to the line and he has about a foot setback? Sheesh.
“It’s preposterous. The fact that [the developer] can build that close — I don’t understand,” Patty said”
Google the address in the article then do a street scene and view the vacant lot. Go 3 houses to the right and see the exact same setting (house/apt. 12” apart) that she’s whining about.
It’s preposterous that she had no clue that it could be done in her neighborhood when it exists 3 doors away.
I’m confused. The home owner insists that the apartment building should be require to have at least three feet of side yard, which presumably would give at least six feet between houses. Yet the newly constructed building is 1 foot from his house.
Doesn’t this mean that his house is no more than twelve inches from the property line? How can he demand 3 feet on the other side when he obviously is not compliant with that himself?
Why can’t the developer build 12” from his lot if the homeowner can build twelve inches from his? The kitchen window is right near the lot line also.
According to the zoning rules, buildings can be built right up to the property line. If that leaves them only a 12 inch gap, then the existing building is only 12 inches from the property line. Tough luck.
am I misunderstanding something? If the developer built an apartment 12 inches from his property line and it overlooks this guys house, doesn’t that mean that this guy also built to the property line?
If this guy had a 3 foot yard, then the developer coudn’t have come any closer than 3 feet.
or is it just me?
When I was just a little kid the people who bought the lot next door to ours dug their basement and started the footings while we were on vacation.
They put the home right on the boundary, within inches of the line, they couldn’t have trimmed the lawn against the house unless they were in our yard. Boy were they mad when dad informed them of the 25’ setback on all buildings.
Making them dig out their poured footings and move the house over started a 14 year Hatfield/McCoy situation between our families. Of course them having to make a 4 point turn to get into their garage on the other side of the house was kind of funny, since they also discovered (from a phone call by dad I think) couldn’t have a garage door facing the road.
Taught me a lifelong lesson. It pays to read the covenants, deed restrictions, and building codes BEFORE you buy or start building.
Has the zoning changed? Or has the zoning remained the same?
If it’s the later (and it probably is)...boo-freaking-hoo!
It’s called due diligence.
Regardless, it seems to me like a great time to sell. Offer ‘right of first refusal’ to the next door developer. You’ll probably get more than the $200K you originally paid and the ability to find a nicer street on which to live. Just check the zoning regs first. Capiche?!
so they can build to the property line, but the neighbor’s can’t.
I'm not without sympathy, but you really do have to check this stuff before you buy.
Biggest mistake first of all is buying a house in the Bronx to begin with. I’d buy one if it sold for dirt cheap and then flip it onto a 3rd worlder as their palace. Certainly not on the bucket list to live in The Bronx-—yuk.
What part of “zero lot line” zoning didn’t he understand?
A “pristine yard” in the Bronx? Obvious exaggeration does little for drumming up sympathies.
They don’t have zoning laws?
“It’s preposterous. The fact that [the developer] can build that close — I don’t understand,” Patty said.
You understand that your house is built right up to the line too, right Patty?