"ChairMan" wrote:
In ,
Don Wiss belched:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:59:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

But as I have noted elsewhere, it is the

contractor and architect that did this.

Again, with the architect and contractor. How do you even
know who exactly did what?

I know the contractor. I know the architect. He is also my architect.
And the contractor is supposed to be my contractor, but doubtful
after this. I know all about the project going on behind me.

How do you know the architect was
aware they were putting a fence on your property?

He may not. But he is supervising the contractor and he designed the
fence.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

You keep ducking the question of *why* you haven't discussed this with the
homeowner.
He is the one ultimately responsible for what ever happens on his property
*NOT THE CONTRACTOR*
So why haven't you talked to the homeowner?

Actually he has addressed that question. He has said that he would have to
walk around the block to knock on his back yard neighbor's door. Maybe you
don't do that in Brooklyn these days.

He also says he has seen the wife doing things with the doggy chalet and
then going in the house and lowering the black out shades. I guess you
don't yell across the backyard to your neighbors in Brooklyn these days.

I know what it costs to do this type of thing in the NYC area - my brother
and SIL are gutting a house in Great Neck as we type. Architects, permits,
contractors. It's ridiculously expensive. The reason I bring this up is
because this issue does not appear to be happening in a neighborhood where
you'd be afraid to knock on someone's door for fear of getting stabbed or
shot or of having beer cans and bottles lobbed over the offending fence the
next time they have a party.

I know when I grew up in a row house in Queens, we knew just about all of
our neighbors, especially the ones whose yards back up to each other. Maybe
it was due to the fact that we weren't living in million dollar row houses
that we actually interacted with those around us.

I guess times have changed.