California
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- Joined
- Jan 22, 2004
- Messages
- 14,680
- Location
- An hour north of San Francisco
- Tractor
- Yanmar YM240 Yanmar YM186D
That's me, I'm still working to overcome a century of 'not best practice' patchwork at the farmhouse in my photos above. There's never been a building inspection.If the house was located ... down a dirt road ... behind a hill, there are a lot of things that could be done whether best practice or not.
Recently the neighboring orchard beyond me - with no house - was put up for sale. The realtor needed a street address so the building department issued him my address since they had no record of houses on this easement.
I challenged the uncooperative realtor, a white-shoes pushy type not from around here. I told him I have my grandmother's death certificate from 1956 showing this address. He replied 'tough luck, that number is mine now, it's listed in MLS. Can't change it'. And I need to share the cost to pave the lane, his listing was unsalable as is. (The neighbor at the end of the lane has no problem with it). No!
I said I would tell everyone who drove in here finding the address on my mailbox, that the listing was a scam to steal a bogus 'refundable deposit'. ... He got a new street number.