The house had some signs of foundation settlement when he bought it which were chalked up to age, however it’s clear now that there has been more recent movement (some of this may have been due to an earthquake a few years ago) causing about 3 inches of settlement along this very small house.   

Basically you can't have the yard be higher than 6 inches below the window sill (otherwise it would v difficult for people to exit out of this window in case of an emergency). 

🥢🌦️ January Weather in VegasHighs: 56°F–60°FLows: 38°F–41°FHistorical extremes:Warmest: 77°F (Jan 26, 1975)Coldest: 8°F (Jan 13, 1963; Jan 25, 1937)Average January precipitation is just over 0.5 inches.

Keep the wood (or sheetrock if you choose) an inch or two off the floor to not wick water.

Illegal is illegal whether it’s by an inch or a mile and two wrongs don’t make a right.

A tall fence, tree, exterior paint can control a lot of things your guest see during their stay.

Nothing to do with water everything to do with building in fire prone These same areas have these fires every 20 to 30 years as the Shamece brush and manzanita brush grows back after being burnt to the ground.. it grows back to 10 to 20 foot tall and when that happens and it catches fire there is no stopping it.

Regardless if it was for tall grass, unlicensed vehicles, leaving the trash out too long, malicious animals, failure to keep snow removed from path to mailbox etc. 

Unless you can influence the builders to return our deposits like you made us get into this deal with them as we trusted you, the matter has not moved an inch for folks like me.

There are two small beams about 2 inches apart at the top and another two at the bottom.