to put this in context, my daughter and amhatef's daughter were in middle school together, and my daughter is now in graduate school. when i received this project to work on, i got the previous architect's design. one with a peaked roof and one with a flat roof, and mimicking the peaked roof, one was mimicking the houses on the street. there were issues with the planning department accepting the design and the next-door neighbor who had a series of needs. i thought it would be an easy matter of enhancing the designs with the neighbor and meeting with the city and moving on. well, it's taken seven years to get to this point. -- to protection of the property line window, to construction noise and the desire not to have construction next door at all. apart from the last, we worked hard to give them something that would please. we removed the penthouse, we removed the elevator from the property line. we moved and configured the house that the window was cleared. we worked so hard that the planning department director sent us a letter thanking us indicating that we met all of their requirements