The mantra “location, location, location” can come down to property’s view. And a dust-up in Denver shows how obstructing a view can roil a neighborhood.
By KRIS HUDSON
Several neighbors in Denver’s Grant Ranch subdivision say they were pleased when billionaire Dish Network DISH +0.59% Chairman Charlie Ergen bought a house on 35 acres adjacent to their homes with plans to preserve the property.
Sybille English’s bedroom window currently overlooks large piles of dirt that will create part of the berm surrounding a 35-acre property nearby. She fears that the berm and evergreens that will follow affect her property value.
They didn’t anticipate what happened next: Crews working for Mr. Ergen began building a 6-foot-high, half-mile-long earthen berm around much of the property in November, planting mature evergreen trees atop it. The barrier, which ensures the privacy of the lone home on the parcel, also ended up blocking his neighbors’ view of open fields and nearby Bowles Lake…
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