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Continuing the inbox discussion about the Tama 38 construction in Ramat Eshkol, I wanted to add the perspective of apartment owners.
After years of moving from one rental to another, we finally bought an apartment thinking we’d be settled and wouldn’t have to move again. Then came Tama.
As everyone knows, it’s nearly impossible to live in a building undergoing Tama due to the noise, dust, utility outages, Arab workers, etc. People assume that property owners welcome Tama, because their apartments will be expanded by 20 meters. No! Many don’t think it’s worth the deal.
We intentionally bought an apartment in a building with fewer apartments, without the expense of an elevator blocking the airflow in the open stairwell. We don’t want to live through five years of Gehinnom and then have 12 additional apartments on our roof, with sloppy workmanship throughout. We don’t want rooms without windows or train-style bedrooms where you have to walk through one to get to the next. The current residents of the building don’t want to lose our covered entranceway and the bike/stroller storage area, so that the contractor can build another apartment there and profit another million dollars, or for our front lawn to be turned into a parking lot for only the new apartment owners.
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