Steve's fight to demolish his house

It is pure madness.

Posted at 9:50PM on Apr 30th 2007 by Jeffrey Bergier

Madness? This is HOA!

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Don't believe that "random people can tell a landowern what he can and cannot do with his land that be bought" tells me that you do not live in a subdivision, you lucky lucky man. My HOA (Home Owners Association, since you live outside the boundries of urban dwelling) tells me that I may not erect a fence of uncoated chain link. I may not build an outbuilding or barn without proper pre-approval, and any said approved outbuilding or barn *will* have matching siding to my house. I *must* have a black mailbox with tan lettering for my numbers only. I am not permitted to decorate my lawn with any of a number of ornaments, including but not limited to, lawn gnomes, glass orbs and pink flamingos. The clause I love the most though is the one where if I break too many of their rules they have the legal right to repossess my house and turn it over to HUD.

Oh yeah .... by the way, where *do* you live? Because I don't care if the thing is falling down around my ears, the next house I buy will *not* be a part of a draconian HOA.

A 'Spanish Colonial revival mansion built in 1926' is an historic landmark? Is North America really so bereft of history. It's not like it's a Frank Lloyd-Wright.

This conservation lot should turn their attention to Edinburgh, our local council would tear down the castle if we thought there was a developer interested.

Seems like the only way to get rid of this ugly piece of outdated architecture is for Steve to buy a cheap lot near Salton Sea and move it there.

Old Mansion = Our American Heritage


Your House where Home Depot would like to be = Imminent Domain

This is sickening. The idea that random people can tell a landowern what he can and cannot do with his land that be bought is so unamerican. If these people want to preserve this land, they can offer to purchase it. But in the end, it is his to do with as he wants. As long as what he is doing is not detrimental to other people's land and the air around it he should be free to do what he wants.

Are there any car guys out there? Just imagine if a random group of people said that you had to keep your 1938 Buick in original condition. then they requre that you build an air-conditioned garage to store it in.

It is pure madness.

You guys have to remember that many people will benefit from Jobs building a new house, not just Jobs himself. One of the first things you learn in economics class is that luxury goods are highly elastic, which means that Jobs wants to build one, but if he was prevented from doing so, could do something else with his money.

People who's livelihoods depend on building fancy houses, on the other hand, are providing a highly inelastic product. They can't just pack up and do another job, it takes a lot of training and money to do something different.

While Jobs and the courts fight over this house, the true losers are the many workers who were going to be employed to build Steve's multi-million dollar wonder house.

Steve would rather live in something lickable.

Don't demolish it!

Steve - I'll make you a deal.

My friends and I will come live in your house, free of charge. We will make such a mess of things and neglect the house so badly that the city will have no choice but to condemn it. We will play all sorts of sports inside it, including baseball and hockey. We will fill the living room with water and freeze it for ice skating. We will conduct explosives experiments in close quarters to walls and load-bearing columns and supports.

All free of charge, just because I like you.

Steve Jobs organ sucking force assssseeeeeemmmmmbbbbbblllllleeeeeee!