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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like the best solution, if money is available, is for the neighbor to tear down their garage and build a mirroring structure, maybe with a nice rooftop patio so they can have sun again.[/quote]

As much as I like that idea, it is clear these two neighbors should split up. The well has been poisoned.[/quote]

What a pity.  The aesthetics are certainly jarring, but I’m sure such an addition would have ended up paying for itself in increased home value, and improved the neighbor’s enjoyment of their current home. Instead, they’re going to be out of pocket on frivolous lawsuits and needlessly increase their blood pressure. [/quote]

Haha, you don’t really think an addition like this will increase the value of a home?  What is more likely is that it will bring down the value of the house itself and the other houses on this street. Fewer people will want to buy houses on this street and the ones who are willing to buy there will only be willing to pay bargain prices. 
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The reality is that middle class and UMC people value function over form. All things being equal, people want a nice-looking house, but when they're making tradeoffs, that's one of the first to go.[/quote]

Citation for this?

I don’t know anyone who owns a home who doesn’t care how the house looks on the outside. 
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I didn't say they don't care. But they often accept homes that they don't find attractive if it is in a location they want or provides the space they need.[/quote]

Who? I don’t know anyone who has said, well, the house isn’t very attractive but it’s in the right location/big enough. How many people do you know who live in homes they don’t find attractive? Maybe someone who is poor would accept this, but not middle class and UMC people.

This is such a strange take. [/quote]

What's your HHI?[/quote]

Firmly middle class, as are the incomes of many Greenbrier residents. Talk to people you know in real life who are middle class/UMC and ask if they care what the outside of their houses look like. By definition, middle class/UMC people have enough money to have options. They’re not going to choose an ugly house. 
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No. That’s not how it works in this home buying market in this area. Regular middle class people are largely shut out of single-family homeownership if they’re looking to buy now. If they are able to buy something, they’re surely not buying a beauty.[/quote]

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