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Experts debate cost to raze 
Myers Park home addition (access required)

By Paul Tharp, staff writer
Published: September 2,2011

A dispute over the remodeling of a million-dollar Charlotte home, which has pitted neighbor against neighbor and already reached the state Court of Appeals once, may come down to a simple bit of algebra: how much demolition and at what price. But experts who testified for neighbors Pierce and Cindy Irby and the owner of [...]


Judge takes Myers Park setback case to the streets (access required)

By Paul Tharp, staff writer
Published: June 7,2011

A judge could decide this week whether a Charlotte homeowner has to demolish a half-million dollar addition to her Queens Road home. Before deciding, Superior Court Judge Jesse Caldwell said he wanted to see the structure with his own eyes. “Seeing something in person does put a different perspective on it,” Caldwell said last month [...]


Fed up with government fees, developers turn to lawsuits (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: February 18,2011

In Davidson, an ordinance is pitting developers against town officials. At the crux of the conflict is a section of the town’s planning ordinance that is requiring the developer of Summers Walk, a master-planned residential community, to cover the cost of additional public services, such as fire stations and police cars, to help the town [...]