10-10-2007, 03:46 AM
Thanks everybody for the info, even though it doesn’t sound like good news. I did make it clear, didn’t I, that her house was already on the property, finished long ago. What she built was an artist’s studio, just one big room with a bathroom, about 250 feet from the house, no kitchen. Guess the rules apply to any building, not just a residence, yeah?
The neighbors she wants to get away from are very loud (music, fireworks, screaming at all hours), treat their animals badly (left a pig shut in a dog carrier in the sun for days, chained a goat that then tried to jump a fence and hung itself, etc.), and have kids that shoot anything that moves with B-B guns, including my friend’s cats. When she tried to talk to them they threatened to kill her animals and burn her house down. They harass her constantly and she’s afraid to call the police for fear of retribution. The properties are those long, skinny “spaghetti” lots so the houses are very close together and she has no escape. Sounds like hardship to me but I’m a little biased.
If Jerry is correct and she not only cannot sell for one year but then must wait two more before she builds again – what is she supposed to do if she buys bare land, live in a tent until the time is up? None of this makes any sense to me – sounds like ridiculous rules that need changing. I can’t see any reason to prevent anyone from building and selling “as fast as they could” as long as their buildings were properly permitted and passed all inspections. Oh well, if I ran the world, it would be a very different place.
I’ll pass all this along to my friend – mahalo again.
too soon old, too late smart
The neighbors she wants to get away from are very loud (music, fireworks, screaming at all hours), treat their animals badly (left a pig shut in a dog carrier in the sun for days, chained a goat that then tried to jump a fence and hung itself, etc.), and have kids that shoot anything that moves with B-B guns, including my friend’s cats. When she tried to talk to them they threatened to kill her animals and burn her house down. They harass her constantly and she’s afraid to call the police for fear of retribution. The properties are those long, skinny “spaghetti” lots so the houses are very close together and she has no escape. Sounds like hardship to me but I’m a little biased.
If Jerry is correct and she not only cannot sell for one year but then must wait two more before she builds again – what is she supposed to do if she buys bare land, live in a tent until the time is up? None of this makes any sense to me – sounds like ridiculous rules that need changing. I can’t see any reason to prevent anyone from building and selling “as fast as they could” as long as their buildings were properly permitted and passed all inspections. Oh well, if I ran the world, it would be a very different place.
I’ll pass all this along to my friend – mahalo again.
too soon old, too late smart
I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.