So its not all about Toronto after all.

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Feb 9th 2012, 1:57 pm

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In the past when nobody worried about that sort of stuff it was done, but these days with surveyors etc and very precise drawings required, I have my doubts that the eaves are over the lot line.

Heh! I think we're guilty, I believe our new roof overhangs the lot line. Henceforth, I shall think of the house as our McMansion.

Feb 9th 2012, 6:31 pm

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Heh! I think we're guilty, I believe our new roof overhangs the lot line. Henceforth, I shall think of the house as our McMansion.

Speaking of McMansions, this one is quite stunning

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_thCztsx8ll8/TU.../P70322500.jpg

Feb 9th 2012, 6:34 pm

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Speaking of McMansions, this one is quite stunning

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_thCztsx8ll8/TU.../P70322500.jpg

No columns, no visible brass/copper, all the windows the same shape, construction of that on Indian Road would bring a breath of tasteful moderation to the street.

Feb 9th 2012, 6:43 pm

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No columns, no visible brass/copper, all the windows the same shape, construction of that on Indian Road would bring a breath of tasteful moderation to the street.

Is this more your vernacular?

http://g.co/maps/bvpu6

The whole neighbourhood has this faux mansion theme to it.

Feb 9th 2012, 6:52 pm

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Is this more your vernacular?

http://g.co/maps/bvpu6

The whole neighbourhood has this faux mansion theme to it.

Wow, that's fugly.

Feb 9th 2012, 7:16 pm

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Re: So its not all about Toronto after all.

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Are you sure that the building (or its eaves) go beyond the lot lines? In the past when nobody worried about that sort of stuff it was done, but these days with surveyors etc and very precise drawings required, I have my doubts that the eaves are over the lot line.

I was perhaps speaking figuratively. There is perhaps 4 inches between the eaves and the property line on the one side and a yawning 3 foot gap on the other. They had to leave that so that they could get in with a bobcat to dig up what was left at the back for a swimming pool.

Feb 11th 2012, 4:12 am

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Whatever.... please dont come as far as the Okanagan.. we like it as it is

Feb 11th 2012, 1:31 pm

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Re: So its not all about Toronto after all.

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I'd suggest Nunavut is a destination with lots of potential.

Would "the West" like to welcome my neighbours opposite? They really piss me off. They knocked down a rather charming smaller house and then built a hideous pseudo McMansion which drips overs the sides of the not very large lot.

I've no idea why they want to live in Ontario, let alone Richmond Hill.

If it's their house and not yours, then what seems to be the problem?