Glass and Garbage

Not sure how safe this is to have broken shards of glass on the sidewalk. Parents and Dog Owners please be careful as you walk by.

Your Call - Are the changes significant???

Here is what it was supposed to look like

Here is what it looks like now

Would you consider this a significant change? What would the OMB say?

Conditions of Approval

Thanks everyone for your interest and support. Here is the ruling from the OMB.

http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl140672-Dec-11-2014.pdf

Please look at Page 8 for conditions of Approval.

1. Plan should look substantially the same?
2. No Above Grade Deck
3. All Drainage should be pointed away from the house
4. Window on east wall must be build of glass blocks
5. Urban forestry must approve the plan before demolition

I wonder if any of these conditions have been followed. Next post I will post pictures of what the house should look like.

Tree Protection Zone??

Another great picture from a Belsize resident. (keep them coming!) Here is the attempt from the builder to protect the trees in the park. They are lacking proper signage and they forgot to nail the barrier together. The large pieces of plywood could have fallen on children or dogs.

Does anyone have a photo of the Lumber being delivered by a grocery truck?

 

 

Another photo received from another Belsize resident. This builder started demolition and they were promptly shut down by the Ministry of Labor for a variety of reasons. Was this the first house they had demolished? The builder created a major safety issue given their inexperience and the house was at risk of falling down. They had to come in and build support to ensure the house did not fall down. Have you ever seen anything like this before? Buyers beware!

 

 

 

Thanks to Josh Matlow. He has been amazing in supporting our neighborhood.

https://twitter.com/JoshMatlow/status/643428470354243584

Do they have permits?

Thank you to our first visitor who sent this photo showing the demolition permit for the house. Does anyone know if they have the proper permits? They certainly are not posting their permits as required by the city by laws. Given they have broken every city by law, I would not be surprised if they did not have the proper permits. Buyers Beware!

A sad day when they illegally dug up the park!

Let's Try This

This is a Blog for all residents on Belsize Drive that are disgusted with the owner and builders of 277 Belsize Drive. They have repeatedly broken the law and don't seem to care. Also the City seems to be at a loss of what to do, so let's see if as a community we can pressure the builders and owners to start following the rules.

This is an opportunity to share your stories, because I know we all have them, and to warn any potential buyers of who they are buying the house from!