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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Imaginary_Ocelot_111 on 2023-09-30 03:03:06.

A new house was built directly below us and they painted their metal roof white. We have huge windows and a balcony right above the roof, so we found it very reflective and blinding at times.

I thought I could just deal with it but it came to be too much so I looked up the city’s regulations and it turned out that they’re not allowed to use that color. My partner called the city and asked them to check, and the city official told us that on top of using white, they lied on their paperwork and had originally said they would paint the roof black.

They had to repaint the roof and they apologized to everyone in the neighborhood. But they have also made it clear they want nothing to do with us. They have a kid the same age as ours as well, which is really unfortunate as maybe we would have been able to have playdates if this hadn’t happened.

We feel like we made the right decision as the roof is 1000% more tolerable since it’s no longer white. They also knew they were building a house below ours and none of the other houses have white roofs (because of regulation) so it’s a little rude that they didn’t think of the impact the roof would have on us.

So AITA for talking to the city about their roof?