Jenny and Chris Garmons’ house caught on fire last year when construction workers rebuilding a home on the lot next door used a backhoe to knock down a tree, ripping the electrical wires off the couple’s home. Their house aflame was a more extreme aftermath, but the Garmons said that on a more regular basis their home shakes when construction next door is happening, with the noise carrying over into their house easily. As homes in their neighborhood continue to be torn down and rebuilt, the near-constant construction is starting to take a heavier toll on their quality of life, the Garmons said. Garmon said she wants to see the city try to limit the number of teardown-rebuilds that could happen at the same time in the same neighborhood.
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