While the motion court erred in determining as a matter of law that the Estate of Janet McManus was entitled to the benefit of the exemption for owners of single family dwellings set forth in Labor Law § 240 (1), since there are issues of fact as to whether the McManus premises upon which plaintiff was at work at the time of his accident were commercial or residential in nature (see, Bartoo v Buell,
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