Construction workers living on residential building site

[Astucia]

I have been told that it is illegal to have construction workers living on-site in a residential area. Questions :

Can anyone verify that this is true?
If so - who do you report it to for enforcement?
And is anyone aware of it being enforced?

 

[CristoRey]

I have been told that it is illegal to have construction workers living on-site in a residential area. Questions :

Can anyone verify that this is true?
If so - who do you report it to for enforcement?
And is anyone aware of it being enforced?

Illegal? Could be but certainly not enforced.
It's very common here in Santiago. The main reason is for security. If no one keeps watch at night come the next morning everything from the tools, to the construction materials to the wires to the cheap Chinese pvc plumbling would stripped out and sold by crackheads.

 

[johne]

1. true
2. why would you want to report and enforce?
3. enforced by...Code enforcement-Building Dept City of New York? Sixth floor @ 100 Livingston St. Brooklyn NY. They might do it.

 

[Astucia]

1. true
2. why would you want to report and enforce?
3. enforced by...Code enforcement-Building Dept City of New York? Sixth floor @ 100 Livingston St. Brooklyn NY. They might do it.

2. Why ? Loud music. Working weekends and much longer hours EVERY day with the associated construction noise. Stink (and health issues) with lack of toilet facilities. Laundry drying on construction fence on the street - looks like a Beirut barrio.

Bet you wouldn't want that next door to you

 

[johne]

2. Why ? Loud music. Working weekends and much longer hours EVERY day with the associated construction noise. Stink (and health issues) with lack of toilet facilities. Laundry drying on construction fence on the street - looks like a Beirut barrio.

Bet you wouldn't want that next door to you

You're right.

 

[NanSanPedro]

I have been told that it is illegal to have construction workers living on-site in a residential area. Questions :

Can anyone verify that this is true?
If so - who do you report it to for enforcement?
And is anyone aware of it being enforced?

It can't be illegal IMHO. My kid's older brother has been living at the exact same construction site for over 4 years at least - rent free in exchange for watching the place. I think it's Italian owned.

 

[DRforme]

Guess It’s time to get out the 🍿🍿🍿🍿

 

[chico bill]

Usually illegal Haitians that might not actually have homes to go to.
Happens all the time. My issue is sanitary. We had Haitians and Dominicans living next door while the Gringo took 17 months to build his hovel.
The worst was a fat 30ish Dominican who walked around with his fat belly in his underwear.
Couldn't use our pool or backyard and my 15 year old stepdaughter refused to come over, cause that fat slob hung out all day leering.
It definitely should be enforced but like everything in DR there's not a thing you can do about it

 

[CristoRey]

Usually illegal Haitians that might not actually have homes to go to.
Happens all the time. My issue is sanitary. We had Haitians and Dominicans living next door while the Gringo took 17 months to build his hovel.
The worst was a fat 30ish Dominican who walked around with his fat belly in his underwear.
Couldn't use our pool or backyard and my 15 year old stepdaughter refused to come over, cause that fat slob hung out all day leering.
It definitely should be enforced but like everything in DR there's not a thing you can do about it

Actually there is but it's rather harsh in my opinion.
Assuming they're Haitian just contact immigration and
they will remove them pronto.

 

[Astucia]

Again I ask - who do you call to try to get enforcement ?

 

[Buffness]

Again I ask - who do you call to try to get enforcement ?

Not sure who you call …officially….or even if it will be worth your time trying to get “enforcement “. Last time we had a similar issue …on a finca …with the usual……people moving into your land …in your absence ..and just living and farming there …rent and care free…with all of the above ills and woes ….

We called a Dominican…..ex police officer…very local and very familiar with ….stuff….$250 USD later …whole the finca was cleared within a day …and a ‘watchy man’ installed as a bonus…

Point is …..as Miesposa always reminds me ……”in DR you can spend your time trying to do it your way and see where that gets you ….or you can leave it with me “. I always choose the latter. 😬😬. In your scenario…I would ask a Dominican friend…. or ask someone who to call …locally.

 

[NALs]

I have been told that it is illegal to have construction workers living on-site in a residential area. Questions :

Can anyone verify that this is true?
If so - who do you report it to for enforcement?
And is anyone aware of it being enforced?

You are aware that everywhere in the DR there are people of a certain nationality that out of their own will occupy abandoned houses and those still under construction but abandoned too. Entire families live in those abandoned homes.

A few days ago there was a story of a school still in construction in Bonao that has been taken by these squatters.

Enforce what exactly?

 

[chico bill]

Point is …..as Miesposa always reminds me ……”in DR you can spend your time trying to do it your way and see where that gets you ….or you can leave it with me “. I always choose the latter. 😬😬. In your scenario…I would ask a Dominican friend…. or ask someone who to call …locally.

You can spend all your time making money, or spend all your love making time.
Take it to the limit

 

[NALs]

Not sure who you call …officially….or even if it will be worth your time trying to get “enforcement “. Last time we had a similar issue …on a finca …with the usual……people moving into your land …in your absence ..and just living and farming there …rent and care free…with all of the above ills and woes ….

We had a similar issue but this time regarding my maternal grandparents home which was abandoned. Every few months someone would go to the property to check on it and they would find Haitian squatters living in it. They were evicted and it was as if they returned as soon anyone left, because a few months later it would be checked on again and their they were again. It was like dejavu. A few months ago the house had to be destroyed because the squatters didn't quite understand what "no one can live here" means. Haven't had an incidence of squatters since then, but I'm ready fir when the news comes that now there are many shacks in the property with guess who living in them.

 

[Astucia]

Well - this is not a case of squatters - it's the construction crew ( or part of them ) living there during construction.

But I guess it's like a lot of things here - owners and builders just do whatever they want. Kind of like the many "entitled, me-first" folks.

 

[johne]

How 'bout raising the stakes for breaking the law over and over again. We don't live in a lawless society, at least not yet.Perhaps the penalty for squatting should be 6 months in prison. OH! I know what yer all going to say. "That's impossible. That won't be done. This is the DR etc, etc," . Think of it this way. This could be another way the police can be corrupt. Make more money. Have greater incentive to get rid of the squatters . With-in a year there will be no more squatters bc they will have no source of income and no money to corrupt the police. Now, we will here from the other side that will say " we have an obligation to support them and assist them". Of course, and EVERYBODY no matter what, who and where needs to follow the law. Plain and simple. When you don't follow the law you have version 2 of Haiti in chaos. Lawless. Out of control. Do you want that?

These are opinions of the writer and dead serious.

 

[Facepalm Supreme]

Here's a thought - if you want to control the property, buy it. If you don't own a piece of property maybe you should mind your manners and mind your own affairs?

Guaranteed someone who thinks like this isn't from this country, or from a similar culture. It stinks of ethnocentrism. I have always detested the penchant that a certain cultural group has for wanting to control and "make rules" about any and everything they can see, as if you are the rulers of all that surrounds you. As if you have a right to control the lives of others because of how you feel. If an active natural crime isn't being committed leave well enough alone and stop trying to control the world with legalism. After all, it's just a bunch of words written on a piece of paper, and as much as you want to try to enforce your reality on others I think you'll find that those days are coming to an end. The rest of the world is getting sick and tired of it.

I don't support squatting, at all. So let's get that out of the way right now. However whatever the property owner and the construction crew have going on is none of your business.

 

[Facepalm Supreme]

Well - this is not a case of squatters - it's the construction crew ( or part of them ) living there during construction.

But I guess it's like a lot of things here - owners and builders just do whatever they want. Kind of like the many "entitled, me-first" folks.

What a joke to use the world 'entitled' while actively complaining about the agreement a property owner has going on with his contracted construction crew. Wanting to tattle tale on him and trying to figure out how you can leverage the power of government to attack your neighbor because you don't like the policies he has going on within HIS OWN property.

You're in the wrong country for that. Reminds me of the recent thread with the guy who flew here to sleep with someone who "wasn't a minor, just looked like one" and was later being extorted by the minor and his mother, talking about suing them for damages and cancelling his trip 'prematurely'.

You are in a different place where people do things differently. It is *you* who will have to make adjustments, not the other way around.

 

[MikeFisher]

You have to forget about the rules or laws of the case.
Just take the FACT:
On every mayor construction site in this country, there will be workers living on site until construction is finished.
One simple reason, also applying to smallest constructions, is that you need 24/7 security there, or at least half of your building materials would be Gone before used for your construction.
I built last year(and still a couple more years of more building there ahead of me) a little Finca on the countryside in DR.
I would have been the most stupid Patron of the Millennium, if I would have left my materials/property alone over night.
And Now, that the first house is done and animals roaming around, I would never ever leave the property alone not even for a single night.
Cows and fruits etc etc etc would disappear into thin air likely quickly, lol.
If you have your own house aside empty property lots, then you have to await from the beginning that at one point such property neighbour will build his house there and you have a construction site at your side for a while, with people there 24/7 working and watching the place.
Welcome to the DR.

 

[DRforme]

What a joke to use the world 'entitled' while actively complaining about the agreement a property owner has going on with his contracted construction crew. Wanting to tattle tale on him and trying to figure out how you can leverage the power of government to attack your neighbor because you don't like the policies he has going on within HIS OWN property.

You're in the wrong country for that. Reminds me of the recent thread with the guy who flew here to sleep with someone who "wasn't a minor, just looked like one" and was later being extorted by the minor and his mother, talking about suing them for damages and cancelling his trip 'prematurely'.

You are in a different place where people do things differently. It is *you* who will have to make adjustments, not the other way around.

Excellent posts Facepalm I was thinking of posting the same exact things that you have stated. I was especially irked by the “Me First statement“ as the poster is the one who thinks they are entitled to change things to suit themselves. Seems like everyday someone comes on these forums and posts things that need to be changed in DR. Well guess what you should have thought about all the things that bother you before you moved to the DR. I guess I should consider myself lucky to have true dominicans as neighbors not like all the whiners and complainer’s on here.