Hi Chuck-- So 234 years later it is sad to hear what has become of
protest in Boston about governments not listening.
Gord
On 26-Feb-08, at 5:47 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Ah, yes. Governments and conservation areas. The Boston area house
> that I just sold last year had one acre of conservation wetlands
> attached. The covenants that I was had to sign required that I
> maintain
> the drainage from the small pond and streams feeding it (hidden
> behind 5
> meters of impenetrable thorny brambles) while at the same time
> forbidding me to cut down any native vegetation or to even enter the
> property without approval from the town council. Then, when I went to
> sell the house after 11 years, the prospective buyers attorney
> discovered that I did not have clear title to the conservation area
> because the town planning board had not approved wetland related
> surveys
> that were never completed because no one from the town had ever told
> me
> of the requirement... despite the fact that I had inquired whether all
> requirements had been met. That occasioned a delay of a couple of
> months to get the survey work completed and approved during which the
> buyer decided he wasn't going to wait and backed out of the sale. It
> took some time to find another buyer and ultimately cost me $60,000
> because of a declining real estate market.
>
> Governments and conservation areas... you have my sincerest sympathy.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Chris Barker wrote:
>> Oh oh, it's going to be one of those mornings.
>>
>> But I don't have time to chat; I have to submit a planning
>> application. I live in Conservation Area and South Cambridgeshire
>> District Council insist that I apply for permission to build a
>> conservatory to replace the near-derelict one attached to our Annexe.
>>
>> Oh well!
>>
>>
>
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