they said they are worried about maintaining the space between, if the roof was somehow pierced and something got in we would have no access.
It does sound like a valid concern. If you built the same distance from centreline as them wouldn't you quickly have a horrible soggy mass of leaves etc in the middle?
It does sound like a valid concern. If you built the same distance from centreline as them wouldn't you quickly have a horrible soggy mass of leaves etc in the middle?