I remember when the US was a free country.
Looks like a work of art to me. no sarc.
Who ever has the original deed (not title deed) to the land owns that land. Where are the original deeds kept? In the county seats.
Try cutting down a tree in your yard, if you live in the SF bay area. The weeds on your land have more rights than you.
If he's violated any covenants in the deed itself (easements, equitable servitudes, etc.), that would be a civil matter that can only be filed by a party who's property is burdened by his property.
As long as he keeps those tacky pink flamingos and grotesque gnomes out of his yard, I’m all for it!
Sorry, but as long as the penalty for not paying property tax is your removal from a property, there is no other conclusion other than that it is the government that owns “your” property. You just rent it from them.
The normal houses they build these days are even worse looking.
In fact...I'm pretty sure those a "snail darter" trees!
He can't tear the place down!
First, there will have to be a complete environmental study!! Then on to the US liberal packed Supreme Court!
The County are obviously “beardists.”
Yet a black man who built the towered metal castle in the middle of LA doesn’t face such domination. It’s a national treasure!
Had a guy on our lake build a little shed. The town council said it was too close to the lake and violated an ordinance. They told him he would be fined 500 bucks a day until it was gone. He looked at them and said, “ Well get the damn clock rollin and the addin machines addin, cuz I ain’t movin it”...they left him alone, and 10 years later, he is dead, but his wife still has the shed in the same location....
Just trying to list the differences between that and the Chrysler building in New York.
We own nothing here unless you are a so called Native! The property is rented from the Government, Via Property taxes.
One does not actually own land in the USofA. One buys a lease on land, pretty much terminable at government option, that only includes a partial set of rights, all of which are terminable by just about any level of government. And you have to pay rent to the local government unit for so long as you “own” it, even after “buying” it.
Free Country, that’s one of those oxymorons, like public servant or spending cut.
As long as another man can exercise his will over what you think to be yours, you are not free and it is not yours.
LOL... Google Dirt shows Acton Ca as a geological wasteland. Some rich liberal must have moved into the area. BTW, I like the house...
"Why yes this house is worth every penny. The plumbing was inspected and certified by 'XYZ Plumbing Raters' as above their highest standards, the electrical meets all five of the top rated standards associations ratings for electrical safety, the four top HVAC conventions have certified the heating and air conditioning as meeting their top rating, and seven of the national insurance underwriters associations have certified the general construction as meeting their standards; so you should not be concerned about the quality of this house."
And if someone wants to build or to buy something "less", they're entitled.
You will actually get competing standards and builders promoting their buildings as having been certified for "the best" standards.
Instead of Nazi-like law producing construction "improvements", Liberty and economics will set the standards, by the choices people make, not because the law makes some choices illegal, but because reason and income make them both affordable and desirable.
It looks like something from a theme park. Checking the fb page, it has wonderful views, however.