“Debbie Drew, the spokeswoman, said Zagami built his home on National Grid’s easement and ignored its repeated warning to stop.”
“I spent everything I had,” said Chris Zagami, who invested up to $70,000 of his own money and took out a $290,000 construction loan to build the 1,700-square-foot home just 27 feet from giant overhead 345,000-volt transmission lines owned by National Grid.
Sorry this story just plain stinks, there is something not right about this.
1) 1,700 square foot home for $360,000? Any he built it himself to boot!!!
2) He built the house on the easement? Either he should fire his surveyor or sue him…unless he did not use one. How do you get a construction loan past the bank, building a house on a utility easement? How do you get a permit past city planning, building on a utility easement?
[This message has been edited by ITO (edited 12-30-2006).]
