Hi,
I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I'm currently trying to kick off construction of my primary residence on a vacant lot in the city. It's been such a process to get to this point and it's coming apart at the seems. On my right is another vacant lot and on my left is a single story garage. Both neighbors are giving me some headaches as I try to secure access to their properties for a couple of brief phases of my construction project; once during trenching for some slight over-dig on the right and once during siding to allow scaffolding and ladders on both sides. I can't believe the city doesn't have provisions to accommodate this considering every property in the city is essentially line to line.
The neighbor with the lot might be willing to work with me if I can provide some sort of legal document protecting him from law suits should someone (either one of my GC's workers, or subs, or another civilian) venture onto his property and get hurt. What type of document do I need, where can I get one, and how much would it cost?
The neighbor on the left is proving even more difficult. I just mailed a certified mail receipt letter to her in an attempt to start some communication. She is a ghost up to this point. All I have from her is a letter she wrote to the city when I applied for my variance expressing concerns and essentially voting "no" to my project; saying she doesn't want anyone on her roof at all.
Thank you very much. This is a stressful time with much riding on this.
I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I'm currently trying to kick off construction of my primary residence on a vacant lot in the city. It's been such a process to get to this point and it's coming apart at the seems. On my right is another vacant lot and on my left is a single story garage. Both neighbors are giving me some headaches as I try to secure access to their properties for a couple of brief phases of my construction project; once during trenching for some slight over-dig on the right and once during siding to allow scaffolding and ladders on both sides. I can't believe the city doesn't have provisions to accommodate this considering every property in the city is essentially line to line.
The neighbor with the lot might be willing to work with me if I can provide some sort of legal document protecting him from law suits should someone (either one of my GC's workers, or subs, or another civilian) venture onto his property and get hurt. What type of document do I need, where can I get one, and how much would it cost?
The neighbor on the left is proving even more difficult. I just mailed a certified mail receipt letter to her in an attempt to start some communication. She is a ghost up to this point. All I have from her is a letter she wrote to the city when I applied for my variance expressing concerns and essentially voting "no" to my project; saying she doesn't want anyone on her roof at all.
Thank you very much. This is a stressful time with much riding on this.
