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Originally Posted by jeremy_haak
If there is risk of physical damage to your home (due to blasting perhaps), the developer will send around people to document the current state of surrounding properties for insurance purposes. It sounds like this likely won't be an issue though. If they do damage your property, they would be liable for that. If you are concerned about it, make careful observations and take pictures before and after.
Otherwise, they are governed by the same by-laws you are. You can take a look at the noise by-law ( http://ottawa.ca/en/licence_permit/b...ise/index.html) to see what restrictions apply; however, note that it is possible to receive exemptions under limited circumstances.
Edit to add: it might be worthwhile to have some perspective on this as well. Most of us on here aren't fans of this sort of development either, but if you just bought a new home in an adjacent development, trees were cut down and neighbours were inconvenienced for your home to get built as well. Buying into a new suburban development is part of the problem because it generates demand for more of it to be built (hence why you are going to have to put up with construction for the next little while). A little humility would be welcome. |
I try to have some perspective but its hard at times when I now wake up to the beeping sounds and today they ran over the birdfeeder that was back there. Sure it was on what is now their land but we never got anything that said to remove what was back there. Perhaps that could be the fault of the previous owners as they tried to play dumb and when filling out the seller info forms they said they were not aware of any upcoming development in the area...we feel a bit miffed as the previous owners had almost 20 years of the quiet field and as soon as we get here its construction city.
This is the first time we've bought a home and now we feel totally powerless as to what may tower over us blocking out the sun in the near future. Its all a bit stressful as we were pretty naive as to what it all entails.
Our home was built in 1993, its not really a "new" area but the field behind us was sold a couple years ago apparently and they just recently got the rezoning approved and off they go. judging by the size of the field we'll have to put up with it for years to come. A great way to start out with your first home. We only got to sit on the deck one day so far since we've lived here and now that they're working up all the dust, the summer doesn't look very appealing.
anyways, if garbage starts showing up in the backyard or they are clearly violating by-laws i guess 311 is the number to call?