Marilyn, the program is the Homeownership Program with the City of Chicago.  I know alot of the inspectors and it isn't about connections, it is about fairness.  The house should have been cited by the City before the sale and interesting, these neighbors never called the City on the previous neighbors and they replaced all the plaster with drywall without permits, installed new bathrooms without permits!  I have had every type of inspector in this house including conservation, an administrator inspector, a plumbing inspector came and tried to put a stop work order on the house even when there was no plumbing work being done at the time!  DCAP was in there today!  He was nice, polite and straight forward.  I called one of the inspectors who approved the house to talk with him as we have been notifying the City of any changes and making changes with the architect even on flipping the location of the basement stairs with the deck stairs!  

The neighbor has asked for insurance policy.  The owners have insured her property as well in case someone gets hurt on her property!  She still called.

Clearly a case of harrassment but the owners don't want to pursue because my clients will be living next to them for 20 plus years.  

I've got the plans and everytime an inspector shows up, I'm over to the house answering questions as the owner is busy -  it takes two to three hours to get the matter cleared up every time!

And you say?

Mike, my client's have met with the Alderman's Office twice now.  The Alderman's office has been to the property.  My clients as well as myself have talked with these neighbors.  They have left me messages or called me at 10:00 and 10:30 p.m. at night about something that they knew at 2 or 3 p.m. in the afternoon.  She's writing drafts of what is happening and her husband wants to inspect the house and approve it before the City comes in.  Here's the ticker, the Department of Conservation should be knocking on their door because their foundation is severely deteriorating, they have a porch where the floor boards are rotted, the ceiling on the porch is "hanging" down, they have the old lead based paint on their trim and it is severely peeling off but they are allowing the "wind" to take it.

I believe both sides are really nice people.  I believe that the neighbor wants to control.  My clients have added them on to their insurance just in case someone gets hurt in their yard.  

Now here's the kicker, I go online to find the neighbors names because we cannot walk on their sidewalk or its traspassing.  The Cook County Assessors office has them as a single famly with 1,500 square feet on a 37.5 x 125 lot.  They are 2.5 stories above ground and the house is roughly 30' wide by 50' deep.  Do the math - They say no central air, they have it.  They say they have 1,500 square feet and they have approximately 3,600 square feet of finished area.  

In this whole thing, a City Attorney is filing false reports to the City and she has leverage.  The City has to respond to every complaint.  I do not think this woman and her husband mean to be mean I think they are tired of living next to the people who used to live at the house.  The house is strong and solid and the City of Chicago even stated that it is good quality construction.  I believe these people are missing the boat somewhere and don't realize that the inspectors are ready to blow with all the calls when her own house is in shambles.  They are deceiving the County from their proper assessment as well.   Is this because she is a City Employee that fraud is allowed?  How many times does one have to kill somebody until the system says "enough is enough"?