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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of those old townhomes have attached (rotting) decks. The counties stopped approving attached townhome decks because its hard to get them repaired on a regular basis as a group without having a assessment sent to the entire townhome association group.

Anyway, now most new townhomes have roofdecks. It solves the problem of repairing rotting wood, no eyesores from decks being unsafe/old, and the townhome developers needed to buy less land since they have to devote less space to the plot allotment.[/quote]

They're still approving back decks here in Loudoun.  Also, in both of the THs that I've lived in, the THs are individually owned, not condos, so each owner is solely responsible for their own decks, as well as any other external repairs. I've never had an assessment because of anyone else's deck.

I like the concept of roof decks, but I also know that some of my neighbors have had issues with the roof decks leaking, so would be a bit wary of them.

I do agree that no back yards means less land needed for the development.  Maybe that's ok if the developer uses some/most of that saved land for public space, but it's much less pleasant if the lack of yards means that the homes are all sited very closely together with no extra green space.[/quote]

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