While you don't want to **** off a neighbor, the law is the law and there is
a legal description of the property. What is a PITA is that you may end up
on court over what is probably a bad attitude. Yes, most property lines
probably are in the center, but it does n ot have to be.


This is only true if the minimum setbacks pretty much force it. If
there's room to offset the house, people frequently do, because
a seven-foot yard on one side and a 21 foot yard on the other is
a lot more useful than two 14 foot yards.