New ADU being built inches from neighbor’s home in Normal Heights
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- There are less than 18 inches between the chimney attached to Charles Brock’s Normal Heights home and the ADU being built next door. Charles turned to the city for help, but they said the project is permitted.
“It's very upsetting,” he said. “Make no mistake. My wife and I have lost countless hours of sleep for the last year.”
When Charles first saw the construction starting next door, he didn't give it much thought. “They tore down the garage that had been there, I was like - doing something… none of my business.”
Then he got a call from the contractor that a fence he thought was on the property line was actually off by more than a foot. The contractor told him the fence was coming down and a new ADU was going to be built right up to the new line.
Working for You, CBS 8 discovered that current codes wouldn't allow this to happen. Two-story ADUs now have to have at least a four foot side yard setback. Unfortunately for Charles, the permit for this construction was submitted before that went into effect. As a result, it’s legal.
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I’d be using my fireplace nonstop, using nice slow burning, yet smoky wood.
Me too, but wonder if that taller building will push the smoke back onto his house.
What a nice neighbor. Too bad if the neighbors house burns down.
Poor guy.
Ridiculous… hopefully this channel covers the story whenever the building burns down looks like it’s evitable
I pray that new neighbor pays for this man’s new heating system that doesn’t involve firewood burning just so that no one’s home will catch fire. He’s already being as accommodating to other features of the new build as is.
This is when your neighbors are totally inconsiderate. They could've literally made the building 5 feet smaller. If one home burns the house next door is likely to burn being that close. That's why it's best to buy properties with a huge yard and open grassy space on all four sides to give you a decent amount of separation from the neighboring properties.
Should’ve would’ve could’ve dork to late now
But that's not always possible in large cities where houses and land is expensive.
Not with the way European city lovers and urbanists are attempting to change public opinion and label that common sense as NIMBY.
Fair enough. I agree with the home owner
Insurance when both building burn down, are going to blame the new ADU, and then the city, as your home was already there, and the neighbor knew that building that close would cause a fire.
The incompetence in San Diego starts at the mayor's office and rolls down. This never should have been approved.
Another reason not to buy in the city 🤦🏼♀️
Thank you for this story
In winter I would burn the nastiest smokiest crap I could get in that fireplace just enough to say HELLO to the inconsiderate neighbor
smoke some fish
dont wait til winter he can cook now
Smoke em if you got em
City planners and inspectors are some time VERY, VERY wrong! The letter regarding the stucco forgoing the 2'/10' rule is bogus! I've been designing houses for 40 years!
This is gross and disgusting.
I have no idea what an ADU is.
Additional dwelling unit.
@@diegofondoo1780Didn’t he just do that 🤔
"What can you do to prevent a similar situation"? Sell your house and go to a state that doesn't piss all over you.
👋🏼 bye
He was In the wrong , he was taking up the owners property , how is this “pissing” don’t be mad because you can’t afford to live comfortably in California 😂
@@klausrostock4163 I live in the richest county in the US. Would never move to California due to the crazy amount of Asian hate crimes committed in the state.
Just an inconsiderate neighbor who built that. Use your chimney..
Wow to close
Reminds me of the old guy in the UP movie!
At least your fence was on their yard for years by more than a foot so you got to enjoy more than 50 square feet of space for years. Now the new tenants will take all your street parking. Just hope they are good tenants because it can take years to evict bad tenants in California.
You can’t even evict any tenants.
Nah. Not we are working for you. Not “we are working for you.” Not “We are working for you.” Not “We are working for you.” /
So after everyone has built these towering ADUs for extra income, where are people going to park? They are adding residents and doubling the population of the neighborhood, but not upgrading infrastructure to accommodate them.
Perfectly legal
So the city allowed this?
The city doesn't do their job!!
Code is becoming useless. They should not get paid
So his neighbors are jerks.
Damn people are greedy.
His property value just took a nosedive. So unfortunate
i would fight that.
These setbacks are what you see in congested 3rd world neighborhoods.
Sell it and move f it
With the current interest rates and housing prices? HA
@@TC-cd5smsell ur home to your neighbor for a Steep price
This seems like a great move by that neighbor!
Todd Glory Hole 💀
The homeowner needs to suck it up, we need housing.
All the transplants and immigrants should kick rocks
Lol. That ADU is going to go for 3k a month.
Hey there I think just like you do in regards to housing, however as an ADU specialist and advocate I still think a more considerate approach would of worked out better for the neighbor.
Why should someone who has purchased their home be inconvenienced by a neighbor who wants to make money by building a sketchy ADU?
Cuz the needs of the masses out weigh the need of a single person