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Matter 1: The property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use if used under conditions allowed by the official controls The purpose of the vestibule is to remedy temperature control problems that have been damaging my grand piano. I am a classical pianist, and I have a grand piano in the largest room in my house. When I first moved into this house, fluctuations in temperature and humidity by this room’s entrance damaged my grand piano. They caused the wood and wool parts of the piano’s mechanical components to expand and contract until they functioned poorly. The piano sounded constantly out of tune and all the keys became hard and stiff to press. I paid multiple piano technicians to try to repair the instrument but none could succeed. So, I bought a replacement grand piano at great expense, and took the following measures to maintain a consistent climate. 1. I put several hygrometers all around the room to measure the temperature and humidity and display them at all times. 2. I put a humidifier on my furnace 3. I bought a room humidifier for winter. 4. For summer, I got a dehumidifier. 5. I also got a google nest thermostat and set the sensor to measure and regulate my home based on the temperature closest to the piano. 6. I also had a humidifier unit installed within the piano itself. Yet , despite my efforts, this second grand piano was destroyed just as badly as the first. In speaking with my technicians, I learned that all pianos near outside doors suffer a similar fate to mine due to outside air exposure. Their years of experience working on hundreds of pianos confirmed that direct contact with outside air will damage a piano regardless of what other measures are taken within the room itself. In an effort to control the temperature near the outside door, I called a contractor for a design of a vestibule inside my house. I then built a full-sized cardboard model of the vestibule to see how it would affect the space. Not only did it destroy the aesthetic of the room with its awkward lines, but it also drastically reduced the functionality of the rest of the room. To make matters worse, it left an awkward empty space behind it that could not be used for anything and would be wasted. Therefore, an exterior vestibule is the only remaining option. It is three times more expensive to have it on the exterior, so I guarantee that if an interior option were workable, I would opt for it. I have purchased a third grand piano, which waits in climate-controlled storage until I can find a way to stabilize the climate of my home. At this time, creating some kind of buffer at the