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PROPERTY VALUES - The Bielke's real estate agent stated that the Bielke residence <br />would be valued far less with the lot next door being built upon. This statement <br />improperly assumes that the reference jK)int is the value of the residence with an adjacent <br />unbuildable lot. <br />Please ask yourselves: 1) If no one was contesting this lot would you consider it <br />buildable? 2) How often has Orono turned down a variance after it has been granted three <br />times in the past? and 3) If two properties, one (O the north and one to the south, have <br />sold the same lot as buildable in the past, should those lots have the right to contest the <br />buildability of that lot. as both lots have either made or paid a premium for it as a <br />buildable lot? <br />It is ironic that both the persons requesting the variance and the persons fighting against <br />it, live on properties that sold the Remien lot as buildable at one time or another. Both <br />neighbors will not live in this neighborhood after this matter is closed. At the City <br />Council meeting, the new buyer to the south expressed his favorable opinion about the <br />house being built on this lot. We cannot ask the neighbor to the north's opinion, since the <br />house is not sold yet. Within 150 feet, other neighbors who have expressed an opinion <br />are the neighbors to the immediate south and the immediate north of the Bielke and <br />Remien properties, respectively. It is interesting that both of those properties arc of <br />substandard size and contain nice homes, one lot being 55 feet wide, and the otner 60 feet <br />wide. <br />I hope you will consider the points made in this letter, and will grant the building variance <br />on the Remien property. <br />Very truly yours. <br />Attachments <br />caico mi-pd