i'm here today to bring the actions of a developer named ashall kural. he bought the home next to us, a steep hill and the houses abutt each other. the house the developer purchased was in bad shape. we on our neighbors tempted to work cooperatively with the developer. this did not work. we had to hire a lawyer and structural engineer. the developer signed a contract which legally obligated him to protect our homes among other obligations. within weeks of signing this contract, he violated the most important contractural provisions. this included severely undermining the foundation of the uphill neighbor's house. we sued from gudral, he signed a settlement agreement, to immediately repair the neighbor's foundation. instead of doing that, erected a 400 square foot unpermitted third floor of which you have a picture on top of this house. as far as we know, no load bearing studies or architectural drawings exist with respect to this part of the project. d.b.i. and the planning department told the developer to remove the third floor in february last year. st