Sounds great... as long as you are the one doing the building or are living in an area not so densely populated that there is decent distance between houses. Ha

Sounds great... as long as you are the one doing the building or are living in an area not so densely populated that there is decent distance between houses. Hard to imagine people living in houses in a typical urban area would be happy with such a system, given that neighbours could just build whatever they want near to your house, without any consideration to your wishes. As always, there is a compromise to be found, and so we have planning systems.