Heh, he's got a sharp sense of humor and expresses it. I sorta see why though...
"And this new test would set back his building schedule four months and cost him an extra $3,000."
Ok, so they asked for a soil test to see if their house was going to slide down to his, a 'small' distraction.
"While the Torgersens and Eastons normally see the *rooftops* of the other houses along Reeves Lane below them, this house extends more than 5 feet above the line of the hill."
From what I see they still have a view, just not as 'unobstructed' as it used to be because the 'new' house is bigger than the others. Multistory buildings have a tendancy to change veiws...go figure.
From what I can tell by reading between the lines here is that the uphill people are PO'ed that the downhill guy is building something they don't like and want to see stopped. This reeks of a pending lawsuit, against who though I'm not sure because the building plans were approved.

I am in a property line dispute/issue with my neighbors at the moment..so I reserve commenting
further.

I've got two neighbors like that; one on either side.

That's what I thought, Gmac. The Nobs of Nob Hill got out-Nobbed.

Since I can look to either side of me and find good neighbors, I guess that means I'm the bad neighbor.