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Roy Vaillancourt, New York

ROY AND NANCY VAILLANCOURT WANTED TO BUILD A 24 X 26-FOOT garage on their property back in 2009. Unfortunately, their town’s property-line setback requirements got in the way, and they settled on a building that measured 22 x 22 feet.

“I contacted the contractor and renegotiated a price for the smaller building, then showed him the revised location where the garage would go in the yard,” Roy said. “He was scheduled to start

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