Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood

[Anonymous]

If the structure doesn’t meet setback requirements, it would likely need a variance. A variance requires a hardship approaching confiscation rather than a mere convenience, which would be very hard to prove.

The county needs to look at revising its ordinances to make sure that this doesn’t happen in the future. An addition should not be permitted if more than X feet higher than the existing dwelling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t get the variance and has to make adjustments, could they make him go back thru the process and then deny or limit it to two stories? Agree his description of who is living there is odd. Says he has two young kids but makes it seem like it is for his grown kids and their families.

Go back a few pages here. One of his family members/possibly son, living in that house is the mentally ill man that attacked Gerry Connolley’s staff member

Wut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t get the variance and has to make adjustments, could they make him go back thru the process and then deny or limit it to two stories? Agree his description of who is living there is odd. Says he has two young kids but makes it seem like it is for his grown kids and their families.

Go back a few pages here. One of his family members/possibly son, living in that house is the mentally ill man that attacked Gerry Connolley’s staff member

There is no way that guy is the father of the 50yo who was arrested for the Connolly attack. I wonder if his parents live in the house as well.

Right - “Mike” in the instagram interview is NOT the owner of the property. The owners have flipped back and forth a coupon of times between PHAM NGOC HOA THI and NGUYEN JENNY NGA according to tax records.

PHAM NGOC HOA THI is the current owner and about 72 years old from what I could find online.

[Anonymous]

This was on NBC4 today. They interviewed the neighbor and the owner. The owner is now claiming the extension is so his aging parents can live with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t get the variance and has to make adjustments, could they make him go back thru the process and then deny or limit it to two stories? Agree his description of who is living there is odd. Says he has two young kids but makes it seem like it is for his grown kids and their families.

Go back a few pages here. One of his family members/possibly son, living in that house is the mentally ill man that attacked Gerry Connolley’s staff member

There is no way that guy is the father of the 50yo who was arrested for the Connolly attack. I wonder if his parents live in the house as well.

Right - “Mike” in the instagram interview is NOT the owner of the property. The owners have flipped back and forth a coupon of times between PHAM NGOC HOA THI and NGUYEN JENNY NGA according to tax records.

PHAM NGOC HOA THI is the current owner and about 72 years old from what I could find online.

They see building an apartment building within residential zoning. I hope the county shuts it down or the neighbors get a stop work from the county, courts.

[Anonymous]

OMG, tear it down. This is no good. How could this possibly even happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was on NBC4 today. They interviewed the neighbor and the owner. The owner is now claiming the extension is so his aging parents can live with them.

3 stories for "aging parents?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was on NBC4 today. They interviewed the neighbor and the owner. The owner is now claiming the extension is so his aging parents can live with them.

That would be considered a convenience, and wouldn’t meet a hardship definition. A hardship would be something that would prevent him from having a single family residence at all. He is allowed a single dwelling by-right, but it must meet all zoning and building code requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was on NBC4 today. They interviewed the neighbor and the owner. The owner is now claiming the extension is so his aging parents can live with them.

Found the link. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/addition-to-fairfax-county-home-sparks-debate-about-changing-building-rules/4017643/?amp=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t get the variance and has to make adjustments, could they make him go back thru the process and then deny or limit it to two stories? Agree his description of who is living there is odd. Says he has two young kids but makes it seem like it is for his grown kids and their families.

Go back a few pages here. One of his family members/possibly son, living in that house is the mentally ill man that attacked Gerry Connolley’s staff member

There is no way that guy is the father of the 50yo who was arrested for the Connolly attack. I wonder if his parents live in the house as well.

Right - “Mike” in the instagram interview is NOT the owner of the property. The owners have flipped back and forth a coupon of times between PHAM NGOC HOA THI and NGUYEN JENNY NGA according to tax records.

PHAM NGOC HOA THI is the current owner and about 72 years old from what I could find online.

Huge red flag for the owners to keep switching back and forth like that. And now the guy positing himself as the owner who just wants it for his kids someday isn't even the owner?

[Anonymous]

Did they learn nothing from Gigantor? That monstrosity was burned down 3x due to being ugly and too massive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was on NBC4 today. They interviewed the neighbor and the owner. The owner is now claiming the extension is so his aging parents can live with them.

On the 3rd floor?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, aging parents are not living in this. No way. Those are apartments. JFC. This just gets worse and worse.

I live in this neighborhood and we really love it here. It’s a throw back in a great way. Except for the racism of the original builders (Leavitt)-we are all very proud of how diverse our neighborhood and schools are.

The neighbor has reached out to the county pretty much daily and is working on legal options.

We have seen other odd additions/renos happen, but this one is so completely ridiculous and we cannot believe it is legal under current zoning. It is twice the size of the original house, a 4 br/2 ba cape cod with 1500 sf (a previous addition had already been done)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t get the variance and has to make adjustments, could they make him go back thru the process and then deny or limit it to two stories? Agree his description of who is living there is odd. Says he has two young kids but makes it seem like it is for his grown kids and their families.

Go back a few pages here. One of his family members/possibly son, living in that house is the mentally ill man that attacked Gerry Connolley’s staff member

There is no way that guy is the father of the 50yo who was arrested for the Connolly attack. I wonder if his parents live in the house as well.

Right - “Mike” in the instagram interview is NOT the owner of the property. The owners have flipped back and forth a coupon of times between PHAM NGOC HOA THI and NGUYEN JENNY NGA according to tax records.

PHAM NGOC HOA THI is the current owner and about 72 years old from what I could find online.

I think the aging parents are the owners of the home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t get the variance and has to make adjustments, could they make him go back thru the process and then deny or limit it to two stories? Agree his description of who is living there is odd. Says he has two young kids but makes it seem like it is for his grown kids and their families.

Go back a few pages here. One of his family members/possibly son, living in that house is the mentally ill man that attacked Gerry Connolley’s staff member

There is no way that guy is the father of the 50yo who was arrested for the Connolly attack. I wonder if his parents live in the house as well.

Right - “Mike” in the instagram interview is NOT the owner of the property. The owners have flipped back and forth a coupon of times between PHAM NGOC HOA THI and NGUYEN JENNY NGA according to tax records.

PHAM NGOC HOA THI is the current owner and about 72 years old from what I could find online.

Huge red flag for the owners to keep switching back and forth like that. And now the guy positing himself as the owner who just wants it for his kids someday isn't even the owner?

What's the strategy with flipping the ownership back and forth?