Is it possible to see the plan of the new roof?
I would like to see if they are replacing the existing roof or changing it.
I refer to IR23475456 when the owners did renovation work back in February/March of this year.
There was no DA submitted for the deck extension that was carried out, which would have given the neighbours a chance to have a say on the works.
One of your inspectors (Mark Earl) did look at the works, but when I asked him about the deck extension he told me on the phone he didn't look outside when he came!!.
I didn't receive a letter about the matter til May of this year, which said the owners had submitted an engineers report for the extensions.
That is not the entire point, their neighbours should have been told about the changes and had a say on the matter, which would have happened if a DA was submitted.
My main objection about the works, is the house is in line with my view (up stairs and down stairs) and I can see very clearly anything that happens on that deck now. The owners have installed a Spa, which has coloured lights, also the lights for the deck are very bright of a night time, to the point that they disturb me of a night time in my lounge room, and the downstairs lounge room.
Seeing as it is probably too late to have the deck changed, it would be appreciated if the owners could block the western side of the deck completely, so that they have privacy and so does my tenant downstairs and so do I. It would not affect their view.
When the original house was built, the area above the now downstairs deck, was actually a deck, with a privacy wall on my side, and the upstairs deck was was filled in later.
Their was a window created, where the privacy screen was.
That western window above the deck used to have a fixed blind on it from previous owners, this blind has now been taken off. I can see straight into their dining room, and if their dogs are at that window, they bark at anything they see, even when I am in my kitchen of a night with my light on. My tenant downstairs has the same problem. I subsequently don't use my kitchen lights.
It also makes it hard to sit on my balcony and to sit downstairs as well, or even be in the back yard. If the dogs are there they bark, or you feel you are being looked at.
I have spoken to the owners about the dogs, and they do keep the dogs away from the window most times.The owners have recently installed a blind on that window but it is not always down. If they want the airflow, then put an awning over the window!
The owners of #2 have their view from the southern end of their house, and I have my view from the eastern side of my house.
It would be appreciated if they could think of others and compromise. My house was here way before theirs was, and they have changed a lot from the original house that was built there.
It would be nice if they could trim some of the trees on their block as well, which would enhance their view as well as mine. Seeing as they own all the way down.
So if it is possible to see the plans of the roof, to make sure nothing else is going to change it would be appreciated.
