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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Welcome to the club. [b]Long story short if you bought a home in a single family home zoned neighborhood, you might end next to a new apartment building with no parking.[/b] If you are against it you will be called racist. Good luck!
Regards,
Arlington resident that wants a duplex next door, not a six plex on the 5000 sqft lot with no parking [/quote]

Yes. If you don't want that to happen, you need to buy the property next door. If it's not your property, you don't make the decisions.[/quote]

Did you pull the deed and title information for your neighbors property? If you are lucky, you might be able to sue your neighbor for breach of contract for violating a protective covenant. There has already been at least one instance where I'm aware of in Arlington where neighbors found a very old restriction (from 80+ years ago) that forced a developer to cancel their plans. [/quote]

When people say covenanted they generally mean in their favor ie the neighbors are too. Lone house with a covenant would be an anomaly [/quote]

Yes that is true. They should  be able revoke it (in most circumstances) if it only applied to their house anyway. However, many people in older neighborhoods may not be aware of the restrictions so it doesn't hurt to check. Title searches are not always conducted for entire life of the property. If your neighborhood has been around for 50+ years it is possible that developers missed it or were hoping no one else noticed until after they complete the plex building[/quote]

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