A Leaside resident has had to spend about $75,000 to lower his home’s roofline 23 centimetres (nine inches) after it was determined it had been built too tall for the neighbourhood.

Kian Sohrabi appealed to the city’s Committee of Adjustment to allow his completed home at 151 Airdrie Rd. to stand as-is after discovering that it measured exactly 9.01 metres off the ground. His appeal was rejected in January, and he was forced to lower the height of the house.

According to the judgement by the Ontario Municipal Board, the maximum height of a home in the neighbourhood is 8.5 metres. The COA had previously approved an application for a minor variance in the bylaw to 8.8 metres.

That means that Sohrabi’s house was at least 23 centimetres too tall.

Sohrabi says the home’s builders were to blame for the difference. After the Leaside Property Owners Association complained about the home being too tall, a city inspector agreed and asked Sohrabi to fix the issue.

He agreed, and (re) construction is underway. As of Wednesday, workers were re-roofing the home.