[VA] Dispute between neighbors in Del Ray

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good fences make good neighbors. Nichols has no right to be upset about neighbors planting trees and shrubs and the Linehans shouldn't have expected their view outside their kitchen window to be anything special when it's only 2 feet from the property line. If Nichols wanted to maintain open visual space, he should have built those three houses as townhouses and had the grounds owned by the association. These people are all ridiculous.

Yes! I'll add though that Nichols does seems to be a true jerk-type. Building three homes on such a small space? Ugh! I'm grateful for my flag-waving, friendly neighbors of mixed ages and backgrounds/lifestyles in a 5- year old suburban neighborhood with tons of trees and rolling hills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good fences make good neighbors. Nichols has no right to be upset about neighbors planting trees and shrubs and the Linehans shouldn't have expected their view outside their kitchen window to be anything special when it's only 2 feet from the property line. If Nichols wanted to maintain open visual space, he should have built those three houses as townhouses and had the grounds owned by the association. These people are all ridiculous.

Yes! I'll add though that Nichols does seems to be a true jerk-type. Building three homes on such a small space? Ugh! I'm grateful for my flag-waving, friendly neighbors of mixed ages and backgrounds/lifestyles in a 5- year old suburban neighborhood with tons of trees and rolling hills.

50 year old

[Anonymous]

What this guy did may be legal, but it is simply mean and petty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What this guy did may be legal, but it is simply mean and petty.

+1 Yes, totally!

[Anonymous]

Why on earth did they change the setback to 1 ft?! That's nuts. They are enabling this psycho asshole.

[Anonymous]

Every homeowner (except this jerk) in Del Ray needs to rise up and get this setback limit changed. 1 foot is INSANE. I'd be enraged if someone built that close to my property, and my neighbor would have a right to be similarly enraged if I did. What kind of monster would do this?

[Anonymous]

In Arlington


The set backs for accessory dwellings are 1 foot.

There has to be a higher fire rating, but it is one foot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Arlington


The set backs for accessory dwellings are 1 foot.

There has to be a higher fire rating, but it is one foot.

I'll add: it's why that asshole is building with cinder block.

[Anonymous]

I would toss in a couple bucks so the homeowners could demo their jerkitecht (nice portmanteau!) designed house and rebuild. If he got so pissy because they had the audacity to change their own home, he'd probably just burst into flames when he saw his art knocked to the ground.

[Anonymous]

How was that house built so close to the property line? Maybe that's the issue. How did finagle that?

Those poor suckers who bought the house built by a pyscho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every homeowner (except this jerk) in Del Ray needs to rise up and get this setback limit changed. 1 foot is INSANE. I'd be enraged if someone built that close to my property, and my neighbor would have a right to be similarly enraged if I did. What kind of monster would do this?

A developer or someone in bed with developers. This is going to be difficult to reverse. I'm sure the zoning board - like most - are packed with architects and developer cronies who profit off these changes. Looks like Del Rey is going to be seeing a lot of teardowns with blown out McMansion footprints. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What this guy did may be legal, but it is simply mean and petty.

Again: doing the "right thing" vs. doing what is "legal".

[Anonymous]

Ok guys. It's time to use evil powers for good. What can the homeowners do to really get back at this guy? Legally.
Anything they can do to their home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would toss in a couple bucks so the homeowners could demo their jerkitecht (nice portmanteau!) designed house and rebuild. If he got so pissy because they had the audacity to change their own home, he'd probably just burst into flames when he saw his art knocked to the ground.

Haha. I'll throw in some money for this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok guys. It's time to use evil powers for good. What can the homeowners do to really get back at this guy? Legally.
Anything they can do to their home?

They might be limited by the deed restrictions that this psycho had put in place when he developed that land.