AlexusA (Texas)
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Posts: 1
Posted:
Does anyone know where can i find an appropriate Letter to send to a Homeowner who constructed 2 feet over the building line.
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Fine letter for not building within the building line
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TimB4 (Tennessee)
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Posts: 21,059
Posted:
Alexus,
Are you talking the property line or something else?
If it's the property line does the construction extend into common area or private property?
Is the construction complete or still on-going?
Have you or anyone already spoken to the owner or will the letter be the first contact?
Tim
Are you talking the property line or something else?
If it's the property line does the construction extend into common area or private property?
Is the construction complete or still on-going?
Have you or anyone already spoken to the owner or will the letter be the first contact?
Tim
RobertR1 (South Carolina)
Posts: 5,164
Posts: 5,164
Posted:
Alexusa,
If I wrote you a letter and asked you this question, how would you reply?
You really need to be forethcoming about who you are and why you need this information and what is this all about?
Lots more going on here.
If I wrote you a letter and asked you this question, how would you reply?
You really need to be forethcoming about who you are and why you need this information and what is this all about?
Lots more going on here.
MaryA1 (Arizona)
Posts: 7,043
Posts: 7,043
Posted:
Alexus,
What is the "building line" and what was built?
What is the "building line" and what was built?
GlenL (Ohio)
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Posts: 5,491
Posted:
Alexus, two feet over the building line; what line, the HOA’s or the zoning laws? If it is the zoning law, contact the Zoning Board and let them deal with it. If it is the HOA’s line did the H/O have ARC approval for the construction and did he follow the submitted plans or did he modify them? And finally what do you wish to accomplish; do you want to fine and forget or do you want the structure torn down and built to spec? I would turn this over to the HOA attorney and let them send the letter.
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DJ1 (Ontario)
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Posts: 798
Posted:
The "building line" may be an imaginary box in which the house can be built. It is different from the property line.
When we had our house build the developer had a 'to scale' overlay of our house asked us where we wanted in placed on the lot, BUT it had to be within the box. I'm not sure if that box represented the county setbacks for home construction. ie. setback from the street, sideyards.
If you build over a property line you are royally screwed, but if you build outside the 'box' that represents the setbacks/building line then you may be able to get a variance from the county. If the HOA has its own rules that establish where the imaginary box (building lines) are acceptable, and you build outside it, then really the HOA should have already had in place a process to address ...since it isn't that easy to move a whole house!
When we had our house build the developer had a 'to scale' overlay of our house asked us where we wanted in placed on the lot, BUT it had to be within the box. I'm not sure if that box represented the county setbacks for home construction. ie. setback from the street, sideyards.
If you build over a property line you are royally screwed, but if you build outside the 'box' that represents the setbacks/building line then you may be able to get a variance from the county. If the HOA has its own rules that establish where the imaginary box (building lines) are acceptable, and you build outside it, then really the HOA should have already had in place a process to address ...since it isn't that easy to move a whole house!
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