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weekender september 26 1992 p7- monster home phobia growing there is a phobia making inroads among suburbanites these days and iti s claiming an ever growing number of victims and while this anxietycausing affliction still lacks an official name it concerns monster homes and the fear that one will be built next door being a relatively new phe nomenon some towns lack the proper bylaws to restrict such over sized dwellings being built beside normal sized homes a markham woman i spoke to recently reported that her family had sold their house and moved a few blocks over when the large lot next to them changed hands her fears that the new owner would erect a monster home turned out to be unfounded but she wasnt ready to take any chances in stouffville the town councils recent claim that monster homes were not a problem in that towns built up area came as a surprise to nancy constable of main st east constable whose modest bungalow once sat between two century homes of normal size suddenly found her brand new private back- yard patio laying at thebase of an enormous new dwelling back in 1989 the neighbour who built the house had told her he planned to tear down the original house some day but what constable didnt know was that he intended to replace it with an edifice that was not only three times the size of the former house but which would be set much further back on the lot consequently constable has lost much of the advantage of living on a property with a deep lot where she could once look out from her patio at several weeping willow treestp the east she isnow con fronted with a massive brick wall her small bungalow though well maintained looks like little more than a garage beside this gigantic structure her property value has most definitely been affected just across the street from con stable gary and mary anne wat son have encountered a somewhat similar situation they are owners of a century home with an ease ment which has always allowed their roof line on the east side of the house to extend beyond the stan dard four foot lot fine restriction they could only sit back and watch as a new house was built which they can almost reach out and touch from their window as with the house built next to constables this house has also been set back so as to partly obscure what was formerly a pleas ant view from the watsons back yard while both constable and the watsons realize their neighbors have done nothing illegal they i think the town should be showing the same kind- of interests in main taining the uniformity of estab lished neighborhoods as it does for new subdivisions neither constable nor the wat sons were consulted by the town before these replacement buildings were put up as the existing regu lations now stand the town wasnt required to alert them as to the coming major changes next door as would have been the case in many renovation situations involving adjoining properties constable insists she has no com plaint with her neighbor who she said has always been up front with her but she wonders about the lack of vision of stouffvilles build ing department for not realizing the effect such a deviation from the norm would have on the overall streetscape its too late to do anything to restore constables picturesque backyard view or her property value and the watsons also realize their days of open space are gone for good but they all hope the lesson doesnt go unlearned for municipal building officials and planners in stouffville or in any other towns with established neighborhoods keith wideman sales representative from unionville motors is pleased to announce the winner of unionvilles red tag sale bob fraser of toronto congratulations winner of a 29 colour tv unionville 1 eems 4630 hwy 7 at kennedy rd 4771666 3085 hwy 7 at woodbine mon to fri 8 am lo 9 pm sat 7 am till 7 pm open sunday 10 am to 5 pm woodbridge malton burlington oakville 6401 weston rd 7085 qoreway dr 1225fairviewst 336dundas mlangstafl at deny at maple attrajalgar thornhjll 7355 tbfiyyjgwayesgtl big birthday sale oct 1 oct 10 1992 up to 70 on all our country accessories dont miss this annual event celebrate with us thursoct1 600 900 pm skmmb0