Monday, 2 November 2009

Love Thy Neighbour

A true story ...

A town councillor in Wales, Mark Easton, had a beautiful view of the mountains, until a new neighbour purchased the land below his house and built a new home.

The new home was 18 inches higher than the planning department had approved, so Mark Easton, mad about his lost view, went to the local authority to make sure they enforced the roof line height.

The new neighbour had to drop the roof height, at great expense.

Recently, Mark Easton called the planning department again, and informed them that his new neighbour had installed some vents on the side of his new property.

Mark didn't like the look of these vents and asked the planning department to investigate.

When they went to Mark's home to see what the vents looked like, this is what they found ...


 

The Local Authority said the vents can stay as they are, because there is no planning law referring to shutter design.