Comments for Rebuild the Pink House

Comment on Email the PC and Come to our Hearing by Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:31:06 +0000

Comment on We Could Use Your Help Jumping Through This Hoop by Mark

Mark — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:31:21 +0000

I just came accross your story and find it amazing. I hope things go well for you. I do not live in Juneau but have been there once. I don’t see how you can be given approval to build and then told to stop half way. I hope you have a lawyer. You should write a book about this someday. (and also buy better insurance next time.).

good luck.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Mrs. W

Mrs. W — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:43:36 +0000

If they have been enjoying that view for 35 years, then it is past time for them to quit hogging and share it. I’m sorry that your neighbors are putting you and your family through this garbage. Building a house is never an easy road, even without people like that sticking their oar in. I am certain that with community support, you will prevail.

Comment on Rental Swap Good/Bad News by Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:18:07 +0000

Actually, the tree is on our property and was hand carried from Europe wayyyy back when

Comment on Rental Swap Good/Bad News by Erica

Erica — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:32:55 +0000

If your neighbors are so concerned with their view, maybe they should trim their tree that is blocking it… Good luck with your rebuild, go pink house!

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by jmoo

jmoo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:39:41 +0000

Ryan and Laura-
You will have the support of the neighborhood, and if I’m in town, I will be standing proud in support of your family and your house at the hearing!!! These neighbors have been grumpy as long as I have known them (over 18 years!!), in their downtown business and in the neighborhood. If you are in their way, they do not treat you kindly. As usual the city is weak in the knees because these people own a long time business downtown and I’m sure they are using that angle to their benefit.
We have fantasies of the Hillcrest apt. crumbling to the ground so that we would have MORE sun and privacy, but it isn’t going to happen, so we make the best of our situation! I’m still trying to figure out what view they could have possibly had before…Treasures and memories are really in the inner sanctum of one’s mind and that’s all we really have in the end…I suggest these people go on a Buddhist retreat while you guys finish with the building of your house!!

Comment on We Could Use Your Help Jumping Through This Hoop by Donna Pringle

Donna Pringle — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:36:29 +0000

I can see no reason why this build should not continue. I think the neighbor who hired the lawyer should pay all legal fees and reimburse you for the abuse they have caused you. So sorry to hear this is still an issue. D.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Sally

Sally — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:39:32 +0000

This is crazy…..sounds like they are sad, unhappy people. Know that you have support from all over the state, not just in Juneau. From reading everything and looking at all the pictures, it looks like they don’t have much of a leg to stand on. My sister went through something like this in Oregon. It was a pain, but they prevailed. Good luck!

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by M.E. HENRY

M.E. HENRY — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:16:52 +0000

Obviously they do not have much happiness in their life and hate to see others happy. Be strong as this to shall pass and before you know it you guys will be in your little pink house all snug as a bug. Some people are just the miserable type and don’t know how to be nice. Feel sorry for them – and don’t go shopping in their store anyone!!!

Love to you all, Your Camano Island Family!

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:27:49 +0000

I have a feeling that your neighbor couldn’t prove “excessive blockage” of their view shed, even if they were allowed due process in the first place. So this motion to stop work and add to your heartache, is just a dick move. They have a low likelihood of winning, but they still just want to stop your work. ASSHOLES!!!

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by croatdf

croatdf — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:03:50 +0000

I’m with Rob on this one!

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Colin

Colin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:01:54 +0000

Ryan – attorney fund. Put me down for an hour. It’s sounding to me that it’s not the city you have to appease / appeal to at this point, it’s the city planning commission.

On a personal note, should your neighbor want CCRs, I know many communities in California that would welcome them with open arms.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Rhonda

Rhonda — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:34:10 +0000

Serious? That’s redonkulous!!!!! Grumpy neighbors.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:37:04 +0000

If you hire an attorney, and win, your neighbor pays lawyer’s fees.

Crap like this happens all the time, through property owners false sense of entitlement. (Can someone really own a “view?” Really.) Down in the Florida Panhandle, there is a case of some beachfront property owners suing the state because they added to their beach, creating a buffer zone using public dollars to protect private property from hurricanes. The property owners are claiming that the state has “taken” their beach and therefore their ocean front property is worthless. I wish I was making that up.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:27:47 +0000

Hiring an attorney is the last thing we would ever want to do. Everyone we’ve been working with at the city has been helpful and supportive.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:49:39 +0000

this is one of those times I wish I was living back up there so I could attend said public hearing and voice my support of your plans.
I’m amazed at your will power to keep your rage in check. I’d have lost it. Good luck!

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Rob Roys

Rob Roys — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:08:12 +0000

Considering that I am quivering with rage, I do not know how you could hold back.

Once you sue the city and win a huge pile of cash, you could start over with a 4-5 story apartment building.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by John Proffitt

John Proffitt — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:52:31 +0000

Seems to me if the city made the mistake months ago and you proceeded in good faith, then that’s that. The reason the CITY reviews plans is because THEY are the experts on the code and are arbiters of it’s enforcement. Since you didn’t intend to defraud the city, the onus is on THEM to explain why you should be stopped from proceeding, and one upset neighbor (who’s clearly a jackass of the first order) isn’t reason enough to halt all plans, purchases and activities already in motion.

Try to get a lawyer to work with you in prepping the defense, possibly even threatening the city with a lawsuit for lost money and emotional distress.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by tracy

tracy — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:32:49 +0000

that all just….sucks. they sound like miserable individuals, and you shouldn’t be held responsible for what the city missed.

Comment on Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. by Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:59:37 +0000

Really, is everyone entitled to a view as well as the property their home sits on? Tell them to go talk to Ken and Jill about what happened to their view after they built their new apartment. I would like to knock down the St. Ann’s building so I can have a view too. Let them have their public hearing. The community will have something to say. Let a family have their home which should trump a view any time. Good luck and hang in there.