New back door neighbors soon

New construction as seen from our back deck.  I had to go check it out.

Two 2-story houses are going on the lot.  We can't figure out how the new houses in the neighborhood are getting around the impervious cover requirements.  We weren't allowed to extend out deck out any further due to rules about how close it could be to the elm tree.  We'd originally wanted to build it around the elm tree.  Wouldn't that have been cool to have a deck around the tree?

The house at the back of the lot.  Yep, these will have Dr. Seuss roof lines.  Used to be so out of character with the neighborhood, but now there are so many with "modern" roof lines that our house may soon be out of character.