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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
So why when people put pavers down or concrete there alway one foot area from owners side of the house or out front door? I read several years ago somebody concrete the space up to neighbors house and had to remove it. I will not put myself in situations to damage my neighbors property.
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I don't know about pavers or concrete. This thread was about a grill.
Maybe we can put the one foot issue to bed...
1. There are two people on here who have looked at the deed restrictions and cannot find the one foot that you mention. You have looked at the deed restrictions and the only mention of one foot you have found concerns an encroachment by an improvement. There just doesn't seem to be anything in the deed restrictions about placing non-fixed items (grills) within one foot of the wall.
2. Most grills cannot be placed within one foot of the wall. When I open the cover to my grill it swings back and takes up space behind the grill. If my grill is within a foot of the wall behind it I would not be able to open the cover. Many (not all) grills are like this. It is likely that the grill in question is not closer than one foot to the house anyway.
3. It doesn't matter how far away from the wall the grill is, if it causes damage then the grill owner is responsible. If the grill is three feet away but causes damage the grill owner is still responsible. Placing the grill closer to the house makes it more likely damage will occur but moving it away does not guarantee damage will not occur.
So there does not appear to be a one foot restriction, it is not likely the grill is within one foot of the house anyway, and none of that matters since if the grill causes damage the grill owner is responsible no matter how far away the grill was.