Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood

[Anonymous]

In the news story, some of the boards on the upper story don’t look as though the edges meet up with the boards they are next to or above. The edges look like they are sticking out unevenly.

Is this the way it is supposed to look? I’m not a builder, but it looks like poor attention to detail to me and just not well put together.

Anyone know more about how those boards are supposed to look?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any builder coming out to quote the job would have told them to tear down the original house and build new to get the square footage they wanted and good quality results.

The addition looks like something an owner designed and found someone with a GC license to build.

I think when I looked into this a while ago, it said the owner was serving as the contractor. So you're probably right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the news story, some of the boards on the upper story don’t look as though the edges meet up with the boards they are next to or above. The edges look like they are sticking out unevenly.

Is this the way it is supposed to look? I’m not a builder, but it looks like poor attention to detail to me and just not well put together.

Anyone know more about how those boards are supposed to look?

Shanty shack style 3rd world construction standards. Expect more of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s fine. If you cannot buy your neighbor’s lot then you have no say here.

So people should be allowed to flood their neighbors houses because of “property rights”. This is absurd and the US will become a third world country if we listen to the libertarian YIMBY lunatics that believe zoning should not exist.

[Anonymous]

People need to pay attention to the 2026 legislative session in VA. This type of eyesore will become common in single family neighborhoods if the the YIMBYs convince the legislators to preempt local control over zoning. this is exactly what will be coming to Alexandria and Arlington due to the zoning changes. Maybe everywhere in Virginia if the VA legislature preempts local control zoning. Call your state senate reps and state delegates this year to voice your opposition to bills that allow this monstrosity by-right. Oppose anything that eliminates single family zoning, parking minimums, and definitely call to voice opposition to bills that allow churches to ignore local zoning rules. This is already legal everywhere in California and they want to force this on your quaint suburban community as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People need to pay attention to the 2026 legislative session in VA. This type of eyesore will become common in single family neighborhoods if the the YIMBYs convince the legislators to preempt local control over zoning. this is exactly what will be coming to Alexandria and Arlington due to the zoning changes. Maybe everywhere in Virginia if the VA legislature preempts local control zoning. Call your state senate reps and state delegates this year to voice your opposition to bills that allow this monstrosity by-right. Oppose anything that eliminates single family zoning, parking minimums, and definitely call to voice opposition to bills that allow churches to ignore local zoning rules. This is already legal everywhere in California and they want to force this on your quaint suburban community as well.

Agree 100%

[Anonymous]

I saw this on IG today -- WTH wouldn't they just tear down the original house and build a McMansion????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Buy the houses on both sides of this monstrosity and build really high apartment buildings to completely hem in this neighbor's house.

There's a house on Tennyson that tore down a beautiful house they claimed had internal damage, which I seriously doubt because the house was immaculate with a deco touch that likely people didn't like. They built a massive house, and now the house next to them was torn down and is even bigger than theirs, so their backyard has a bit of wall. The karma tickles me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never ever buy on that street. It needs torn down. How hard is it to have zoning laws that say that the addition needs to blend in with the house?

Then again, I can’t stand 1940s-60s homes and love when they’re remodeled into nice homes and get rid of split level plans. I would hate for a remodel to have to keep the split level or the rancher because that’s what the original was.

Did you mean to say "it needs to be torn down"? Verbs matter.

[Anonymous]

This is what missing middle will bring to Arlington. And if you oppose it, you’re called a NIMBY.

[Anonymous]

Looks like an AirBnB, or a place to rent out by the room.

[Anonymous]

This house gives serious Rapunzel vibes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never ever buy on that street. It needs torn down. How hard is it to have zoning laws that say that the addition needs to blend in with the house?

Then again, I can’t stand 1940s-60s homes and love when they’re remodeled into nice homes and get rid of split level plans. I would hate for a remodel to have to keep the split level or the rancher because that’s what the original was.

+1. It will affect the property values on the whole block.

[Anonymous]

Looks like a Lego addition. Something is not right with that design.

[Anonymous]

It looks like something out of the third world.