I think the reason it says “side of his house’ is because the front of his townhouse is on private property, Louisburg Square. It’s private for all the townhouses there. They even have their own little snow plow. But the side of the house is a public street. So he probably had the front of his house shoveled, the front where the hydrant used to be located before he had it moved, but didn’t shovel the side.
I haven’t kept up with the jerk. Louisburg Square, eh? I had a friend who inherited his father’s house and lived there for a while. I guess Kerry can afford it.