Sidewalk shed obstructing my living room

Think of the expense you'll save on room darkening shades. With the rent you're paying, that's an additional cost you don't need.

See? There's always a silver lining!

thanks, you lighten my day !

No problem - & if that was a pun - well, all the better!

Is your neighbor HBO or the Boardwalk Empire production team?

Well now look here, an actual, LEGITIMATE complaint about something being outside their building.

herbert73,
Have you tried to contact the owner of this structure? If it's on his property and not breaking any rules, you might be out of luck, and at just have to appeal to his nice side.

seems to me you have no legit beef at all.
neighboring owner has put up a sidewalk shed in compliance with city construction safety specs.

and as a renter, were you to have a legit beef, it would be with your LL, not the neighbor.

I have filed a complain at 311. My neighbour is allowed to extend the sidewalk to adjacent properties up to 5 feet for a building less than 100 feet, and up to 20 feet for a building higher than 100 feet.

My landlord has not been helpful. His concerns lasted pretty much for one day. Now he doesn’t care.

Should I ask him to lower my rent because of this or should I ask the neighbour to compensate for this annoyance? What do you think and how to do it ?

You can call the District Manager of your Community Board. He or she may be able to help.

if the neighbor doesn't do anything, that's my expectation, then you need to do a review of your lease. there should be some statements about depleted services or something to that nature. it is definitely not a warranty of habitability issue.

because you're paying so much for rent, after you've reviewed your lease, you can speak to the landlord. if he is not interested in assisting, contact an attorney and see if you can/should get a discount on rent. then withhold that portion of the rent after providing a letter from the attorney.

i would stop paying rent and find a new place to live, after serving the LL a notice.

wwjd?

Sunday sidecars for 30 on your new balcony, all summer long.

When your lease is up, you can either move or negotiate a lower rent with the landlord.

An obstructed view wouldn't be held to justify your breaking the current lease.

If you're going to agonize about it or "not intend to endure it" (the landlord's still giggling over that one) then you could spend a few hundred bucks to have someone you trust tell you the same thing. Ending with "sometimes bad things happen and there's nobody to blame."

There must be a reason for the city to allow your neighbor to do what he is doing. That probably includes the assumption that 1. They need that much room to work, and 2. The inconvenience to others should be within tolerable limits. Think about all the constructions on the road and within the subway system. You cannot simply jump the turnstile or not pay your registration fee because you think you were receiving less service than you expected (even after you sent an attorney letter to the MTA or the DOT). If no one is breaking the law, then it is the things that we need to tolerate living in this modern world.

The city doesn't "allow" you to extend your sidewalk shed 10 or 20 feet in front of neighboring properties, it requires it for most types of construction that require sidewalk sheds. Your neighbor would probably just as soon not be spending extra for 20 extra feet of sidewalk shed, but it's a DOB requirement. The only party you might have recourse against is your landlord, and then only if your lease specifically mentions this eventuality. Assuming it doesn't, you're unfortunately SOL.

Send sillySonya to appeal to "the owner of this structure". (as if the shed is "owned" by the neighboring property).
She will level him with her fatal "zingers". He will be forced to "prove it" and "put up or shut up".
She will "appeal to the nice side" of the DOB with her maturity.

Mixed up your pills again.

(Wow... Truth, mental problems perhaps?)
Congrats at killing another discussion.

ANYway, getting back onto the subject, herbert73, I agree with ab_11218 on this one. Definitely depleted (or reduced, the lease sometimes indicates) services, not not a habitability issue, which is defined by law.

If all that fails, you must consider the cost of an attorney vs. how much you like living where you are now, and see which situation best fits your needs.

I would like to thank most of your responses. I was walking in Sutton Place today and saw that some sidewalk shed have mesh panels instead of wood panels, this would allow us to keep the light coming through the window while keeping things safe for the pedestrians. I will propose this to XXX scaffold Inc and see what they say.

herbert73: Yes, that would be a practical option to resolving the issue.
At least you will be contacting the actual "owner of the structure" to suggest a possible remedy.
(Instead of listening to the nitwit sillysonya and her alkie friend trollalanhart.)

Actually, what you just said is exactly what I suggested (look ^^up^^) long before (oops! LOL.)

sillysonya is patrolling this discussion thread, as per her usual.
She's a nitwit who relies upon the alkietrollalanhart to post a comment in agreement with her.
Within a minute of my posting a comment, of course.
There is no comment posted by sillysonya, suggesting that what I said is "exactly" the same. "(look^^up^^) long before..."

SillySonya's "suggestion..."long before (look^^up^^)...":

"Have you tried to contact the owner of this structure? If it's on his property..."

Over a half-an-hour of silenceofsillysonya.
The nitwit has been outed as such and muzzled.

I, like other people, said try to contact the owner. Then you said contact the owner in your last post (oops! Truth gets schooled again!).

You seem a little obsessed, Truth. Your first post in this thread referenced what I had said in another, unrelated thread. And you added nothing to the subject here. You seem very focused on me. I am flattered, but perhaps pay more attention to the OP, then more people will like you...? Actually listen to what you have to say? Instead of having you on ignore? Instead of just insulting you all the time?

Oh,sillysonya: you are attempting to divert attention away from your nitwit comments:
"...the owner of this structure. If it's on his property..."
Sheds are not a "structure" owned by indiviual building owners.
They are not "being outside their building..."

You, sillysonya are sinking in the quicksand of your own ignorant comments.
No other comment posters on se come to your defense during your attempted "schooling" of me, except for the drunken trollalanhart.

You are a "Member" of streeteasy only since Jan. 2013.
It looks like you are a nom de se of a "Member" who has recently been self-exiled from these discussion threads. You have the same M.O.:
patrolling se comment threads, having plenty of time comparing one to another unrelated thread and "obsessed" with my comments.
Focused on me to the point of constant patrolling, looking for my comments and of those who reply and get along with me on streeteasy.

Even when huntersburg/greensdale creates a new account, using a female log-in nom de se; it's an interesting commenter (such as luceille) and then he argues with himself.
You don't even meet that standard of being interesting. You're just a nitwit who is in touch with trollalanhart, for back-up comments within minutes.

You also declare that other commenters don't "actually listen to what (I) have to say" and are "insulting (me) all the time".

The proof is on these streeteasy discussion thread comments, wherein I get along just fine with many others who actually listen to what I have to say and "Unignore" my comments. They don't insult me and we get along on streeteasy. It's their choice to do so.

"oops! sillySonya is a nitwit.
I did, in fact, add something to this thread. You added only another attempt to show what a dummy you are.

And that's the truth.

Wow, all the nonsense...
Sheds are structures. In this case, its owned by someone. Truth: fail.
This shed is along the neighbor's property (see OP). Truth: fail.
You getting schooled is something easy and apparent, not needing anyone else's intervention.
You seem to be obsessed with creating other accounts, etc. Weird. And has nothing to do with RE, but shows more your insecurity, perhaps?
Keep telling yourself your not on ignore, and keep telling yourself people listen to you. But it won't make it true.
No one comes to your defense, except... columbiacounty. wow.

Truth and I are old friends.

I keep hoping for tickets and limos.

Maybe some day.

>Truth and I are old friends.

Another one of your lies? When will you stop?

Oh here comes the king/queen of liars.

All hail.

Yup, the typical conman's tactic, don't look at me picking your pocket, look over there at that other person.

You're angling for tickets.

But of course, you have enough that you've stolen and tricked from others that you can afford your own, right? Front row at C0lumbia C0unty?

Huh?

More lies.

Boring.

More sillySonya:

"Sheds are structures". (I never said that sheds are not structures.)
"In this case it's owned by someone." (When is a shed structure NOT owned by someone?)
"This shed is along the neighbor's property." ( Although "the neighbor" does not own the shed.)

Then, the nitwit sillySonya goes back to babble her usual : "obsessed", "Weird", "insecurity"
and most moronic of all:
"Keep telling yourself your (sic) not on ignore..."

I don't need people to come to my "defense".
I have regular, friendly chats with people on streeteasy, since Dec.,2009. (Not "on ignore" until 2012)
Those who don't click on "ignore", to unignore me -- that's their choice.
More people do, than do not.

However: NOBODY comes to your defense, sillysonya.
Except for greensdale and whatever columbiacounty are discussing above.

Nobody else is commenting here in your defense, sillySonya.
You are an imbicile.

Psychotic Reaction

Wow, more babble, and now.... back-peddling!!! LOL, you really have backed yourself into a corner, haven't you?
Keep trolling on about all your "friends" here, and all those wonderful "chats" you have (that nobody sees). Honestly, your delusions are pretty funny!

And your one defender, columbiacounty (LOL) is actually making fun of you, as it turns out. Nobody left. You'd have more support, perhaps, if your posts were not so inane. Keep trying though, kiddo!

alanhart,
Yep, indeed!

^^ ^^
She welshed on her offer of free tickets and limos to columbiacounty, and she never did take me out for Chinese food as she promised repeatedly. [I have the printouts.]

And then there's the graver matter of poor Spinny, never heard from again.

^^^ ^^^

Ha!
[high5]

Sillysonya and trollalanhart had a good time last night while making fools of themselves.
Just another fun Friday night in NYC, wasted in front of their computers with nothing else to do.
sillysonya writes that I have " wonderful "chats" on se (that nobody sees.) "
sillysonya can't read and can't "see".
She "babbles on" , "backpeddles" and continues to make a fool of herself. She likes to use action phrases such as: "...you really have backed yourself into a corner, haven't you?"
Meanwhile sillySonya belongs in the nitwit corner, sitting with a dunce-cap on her head.

Back to Herbert: Since he would be O.K. with the wood panels being replaced by mesh panels, he's now going to propose that to the scaffold company (the owner of the shed). He will then find out if such a replacement is
possible and if so, the cost of the replacement.
Then Herbert can contact his landlord to see if his landlord will pay for the replacement or reimburse/reduce Herbert's rent for him paying for it to be replaced.

If Herbert's landlord refuses, then NWT's comment describes the eventual outcome.

So now you're a fortune teller seeing how events will unfold, instead of a drill sergaent barking orders, Sybil?

^^trollalanhart, within minutes of my comment being posted^^.

^^u^^

^^more trolling by trollalanhart, within minutes of my comment being posted^^

He was trolling last night, obviously had nothing better to do.
It's now 11:10am on a beautiful Saturday in NYC, yet trollalanhart still has nothing better to do.

Do they let the patients out for some air on days like this?

^^more trolling from alanhart, within a minute of my comment being posted^^.
alanhart won't go out for air on a day like this. He's alone in his apartment, trolling on streeteasy.

What a raving ranting Looney Toon.

Well, it now Truth has left the discussion completely. Not even bothering any more, huh? Just random insults and blabber? And now even fantasies you come up with? It's a little sad to watch someone so out of touch, so lost and unable to comprehend for themselves.

If you must randomly insult, like I said, at LEAST try to come up with your own material, instead of just swapping names around. Slowly, youll develop a little originality ;-)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/the-problem-with-how-we-treat-bipolar-disorder.html

http://www.columbiacounty.com/

sillySonya, spending the beautiful Saturday trolling discussion threads on streeteasy.
Trying her best to goad me into responding to her nonsense.

"fantasies", "it's sad"... familiar taunts attempted and recognized as the same old, from a person whose life revolves around posting comments on streeteasy. She can't stay away from streeteasy, even after she's left a "Farewell" on streeteasy.

She wants me to "Come up with (my) own material, instead of just swapping names around..."

When is the next "Ungrey alanhart" discussion going to be created and posted?
Oh,there was another one, just last week.

"Discussions are being held off the board..." Again.

LOL, more repetition. Classic. You really know how to do yourself in.

As for your own material, hey, I don't care if you do or don't, I'm just thinking on your behalf. it might earn you a little more respect than you have now (none)... You know, thinking for yourself and all? Whatever, emulation is the highest form of flattery. Thanks for following my lead. (Yeah, you DO seem like a follower, come to think of it).

When did I leave a farewell on streeteasy? You said it, I just got here! (Wow, you can't even keep track of your own bullshit, LOL).

Congrats at killing another decent thread. You are the new discussion-killer!

There's the "proof" above^^
I went out with friends and enjoyed life in the real world for the last three+ hours, while sillySonya was waiting here for me to return.

" There's the "proof" above^^"
Copy and paste it please. Saying there's proof doesn't make it so.

" while sillySonya was waiting here for me to return."
again, prove it.

(Wow, really running out of things, aren't you? Just resorting to "I was out!" whining. Pretty weak. Come on, you can whine better than that!)

^^sillySonya is in a real trolling tizzy now^^. Another comment posted by her, minutes after my comment.^^
She will be here patrolling streeteasy discussion threads for the rest of the day and tonight waiting for me to post a comment. She wants to intimidate me and run me off the streeteasy discussion boards.

It's been tried by various trolls before. It didn't work then -- and it won't work now.
I do what I want to do, not what sillySonya wants.

Oh, who said I want you "off the streeteasy discussion boards."? Not me! (again, more delusions... not too bright, are we, Truth!). In fact, I just asked for some better whining, which you immediately delivered! Good boy! Oh, you are too much fun to leave! (to think, if Truth left, who would we have to kill perfectly good, intelligent discussions?)

[Also note: no more mention of my supposed "farewell." LOL.]

I have tried to contact the owner of the sidewalk shed several times, but no luck, got the voicemail each time. I have ask my landlord to do it on our behalf, and told me that he will do so, so I keep my fingers crossed.

herbert73,
Glad to hear your landlord is being responsive. At least it's a start. Thanks for letting us know and keep us posted! :)

(and sorry about our resident Discussion Killer, kudos to getting this back on track!)

Cheers :)

herbert73:
You are not a fool, (as is SillySonya.)
She first suggested that you contact the owner of the building next door (she thought that the Building owner actually owns the shed "structure".) She advised you to "appeal" to the Building owner's nice side.
The Building owner is operating on orders from the DOB.

SillySonya is a nitwit troll. She is a streeteasy "discussion killer" (whatever that is).

You have just received "kudos" from a nitwit.

You were already "on track".

See: NWT's comment.
NWT is not a nitwit. SillySonya is an idiot.

Awww, more footstomping!!
"She first suggested that you contact the owner of the building next door"
Wong. I said:
"Have you tried to contact the owner of this structure?"
The "structure" is the shed in question.

Oops! Owned yet again.

Congrats on killing another discussion!
(more whine, perhaps?)