We are the abutters who are the subject of your July 6 article. We don’t wish to hash out the case outside of the proper authorities but would like to correct the record to reflect that the Zoia home, according to our reading of the plans, is actually over 10,000 square feet of habitable space on three levels and that the three structures comprise over 20,000 square feet! This has been mistakenly described as either 4,200 or 8,200 square feet in various articles in the Gazette.

Importantly, we have requested that an independent surveyor be granted access to the property to attest to what has actually been built. We feel that this is crucial as Mr. Zoia and his agents have a history of claiming that “everything is legal and agreed upon by the town boards,” when clearly it was not. As evidence is his admission that the wall and the generator had to have been reduced in size and relocated in order to be brought into compliance after we were compelled to complain to the building inspector that they were not. We feel similarly about the 3,400-square-foot indoor swimming pool structure and second floor guest house which appear to be illegal under the Chilmark building regulations.

As far as his comment that “the train has kind of left the station,” we obviously do not agree.

Ken Iscol
Chilmark