Letter: Stuart property owners 'trying to comply' with code enforcement Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
29.03.10
We are the holdings owners of 1701 S.W. Palm City Road who had the “traffic-stopping” display in December that somehow, ridiculously, inspired the burg of Stuart to send in the FBI. Our legal representative, Ken Sundheim, had passed away and financial hardship left us unfit to protect ourselves from the obviously aggressive city.
For those who do not know us, we want to comply. We want to be up to code.
The complaining neighbors on Dyer Avenue and in Commons Square Condominiums had no idea the extent of the estate that was left to William John Rudge IV — an holdings that extended from Maine to New York and Kentucky to Florida. It was cash poor with substantial taxes owed and huge litigation in all the states where he had to defend ownership.
A judge signed an injunction allowing off-duty Stuart oversee officers on our property. We were relieved of guns, concrete blocks, cabinets, baseboard, tools, a 5-gallon pail of ammunition, barn doors, power tools, wrenches, steel hurricane shutters, an antique boat and trailer, jumper cables, hedge clippers, rakes, a zither, turf chairs and bike ... so far. We’ve hired contractors, paid for permits and are trying to comply.
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A custom Cumberland home, behind the barn door Providence Journal
18.03.10
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CUMBERLAND –– Intimate the intersection of winding Abbott Run Valley Road and Bear Hill Road, Alex Mazika’s domicile stands out amid the neighboring farmhouses and newer colonials.
Mazika said the original owners, who designed the excise house, wanted it that way.
The exterior looks like a bright-red barn with a front entrance that resembles a set of tall hayloft doors, painted creamy.
Instead of front stairs leading to the front door, there is a wide ramp that connects the entryway to the pebbled parking bailiwick in front of the house.
But open the front door, and there is a spacious, modern home with three levels of living space, including a expressive, open living, dining and kitchen space on the first floor.
The first floor is dominated by a 26-foot-giant, floor-to-ceiling fieldstone fireplace in the great room. Many of the stones used to build the fireplace came from the harbour lot.
In the kitchen, a 5,000-pound stone island with a thick pine
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