The couple, who identifies as mixed-race, told the board they only discovered their home was a designated heritage property last year, when they began looking into modifying the house's steep stairway from the sidewalk.
Alright. Not sure why you have to point out mixed race, but it seems reasonable as the stairs could be a bit dangerous.
The couple applied to the board in January to have that designation repealed on the grounds that it was approved by the city in haste in 2018. They say a closer look would have revealed its original owner held views that should have excluded it from preservation. The city doesn't currently have a policy that would bar buildings owned by such individuals from gaining heritage status.
A hasty approval is a bit odd. Why was it done that way? Also, crying "rayciss" seems to be a stupid way to go about it unless you want to establish a "das rayciss, so gibs" precedent.
As for whether the couple is looking to renovate or demolish the house, Earle told CBC Toronto they're not looking to have the designation removed "as a tactic." "I have no plans of developing this house or changing this house," she told CBC Toronto.
The stairs are part of the house. Wanting to modify the stairs is wanting to change the house. Why lie about something like that?
obviously a grift but honestly, understandable. Heritage laws are a huge pain in the ass, and if you don't know that part/all of your house is heritage listed, than you get absolutely ass rammed.
Heritage laws are stupid but if you're wealthy enough to plop $5 million freaking dollars on a house, you're wealthy enough to buy a house that isn't a heritage property.
These people just don't want to admit they're such dipshits that they didn't pay attention when they signed all the paperwork.
Granted I'm not a lawyer let alone a Canadian one, but I would assume delisting heritage status of a property is an even bigger pain in the ass and it won't happen just because the original owner was a meany-pants. Especially if the original owner was a meany-pants because it would set a case for any heritage property to get delisted that way.
Either they're idiots that got roped into buying something cheaper in an even more expensive neighborhood and thought they lucked out. (Like people that wave inspection for discounts)
Or they knew exactly what they were doing and were planning on fighting it from the start.
This is something that grinds my gears big time about the UK, tons of twats out there want to tell you how to renovate your own property but none of them will foot the bill so they just end up being dilapidated and then they wonder why we've got so many crap properties just lying around. They won't let people bulldoze them either even if they're not of historical significance that's one time I would draw the line for the sake of preserving culture but then the government should be dealing with that.
Plenty of properties out there worth fuck all that would cost a fortune to renovate because of the regulations. The biggest jokes are the properties in the middle of nowhere and yet people are acting like it's some kind of travesty to knock them down, fuck's sake. Meanwhile they're fine with letting just stop oil vandalise paintings because muh environment.
Alright. Not sure why you have to point out mixed race, but it seems reasonable as the stairs could be a bit dangerous.
A hasty approval is a bit odd. Why was it done that way? Also, crying "rayciss" seems to be a stupid way to go about it unless you want to establish a "das rayciss, so gibs" precedent.
The stairs are part of the house. Wanting to modify the stairs is wanting to change the house. Why lie about something like that?
obviously a grift but honestly, understandable. Heritage laws are a huge pain in the ass, and if you don't know that part/all of your house is heritage listed, than you get absolutely ass rammed.
Heritage laws are stupid but if you're wealthy enough to plop $5 million freaking dollars on a house, you're wealthy enough to buy a house that isn't a heritage property.
These people just don't want to admit they're such dipshits that they didn't pay attention when they signed all the paperwork.
Granted I'm not a lawyer let alone a Canadian one, but I would assume delisting heritage status of a property is an even bigger pain in the ass and it won't happen just because the original owner was a meany-pants. Especially if the original owner was a meany-pants because it would set a case for any heritage property to get delisted that way.
Either they're idiots that got roped into buying something cheaper in an even more expensive neighborhood and thought they lucked out. (Like people that wave inspection for discounts)
Or they knew exactly what they were doing and were planning on fighting it from the start.
This is something that grinds my gears big time about the UK, tons of twats out there want to tell you how to renovate your own property but none of them will foot the bill so they just end up being dilapidated and then they wonder why we've got so many crap properties just lying around. They won't let people bulldoze them either even if they're not of historical significance that's one time I would draw the line for the sake of preserving culture but then the government should be dealing with that.
Plenty of properties out there worth fuck all that would cost a fortune to renovate because of the regulations. The biggest jokes are the properties in the middle of nowhere and yet people are acting like it's some kind of travesty to knock them down, fuck's sake. Meanwhile they're fine with letting just stop oil vandalise paintings because muh environment.