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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]They are asking the county to actually do inspections as they are supposed to. One of the inspections did find violations, hence the stop work order. The neighbors are not tying him up in litigation-the county, as it rightfully should, is doing ITS job to make sure codes and what not are being followed.[/quote]

Oh please. They don't care about the structure being required to add additional wall braces (it failed a wind bracing test). They want to throw up every road block to try to make completing this addition impossible because they think it's ugly.

If it was really about wanting to prevent a boarding situation, they would just wait and see what the neighbors do, since the county has very strict rules on group living situations. It would be shut down right away. Again, they think they have the right to block construction of something they find ugly.[/quote]

Ok hedge funder. [/quote]

lol I wish.

I’m just a person with miserable neighbors. [/quote]

Weird how you cap for the hedge funds then. [/quote]

What a ridiculous statement. There's no connection to hedge funds or developers here. They wouldn't build an addition like this since a different design would probably have a better return. But this family is more concerned about livability.[/quote]

There is absolutely a connection to hedge funds and large developers: you share with them the goal of devaluing the value of working class and middle class homes owned by individuals. [/quote]

These are already $800k homes. They'll be fine.

Hopefully Courtney moves away and we'll see the minimal impact this has on prices. [/quote]

Why do you keep singling out Courtney? It’s getting weird. [/quote]

She's the one that started all this by posting online and then going to the press.[/quote]

And? Why are you so angry at her? She’s the owner most affected by this construction.

Would you just go along to get along if you were her?[/quote]

It's his property. He can do what he wants with it. I certainly wouldn't go all Karen.[/quote]

Since she will have to see his ridiculous horribly constructed addition every single day and her property values just decreased, there’s nothing wrong with her for raising the issue to ensure that everything was done legally and within the rules and regulations of the county, to include all inspections.

You can continue to act as if he’s done nothing wrong and no one has been jmoaxged [/quote]

He hasn't done anything wrong.[/quote]
Actually, the addition was constructed 6 inches too close to the neighbor. 
Honestly, Fairfax County was asleep at the wheel when they approved it. It’s the size of a small motel. I would be annoyed if it went up next to my house too.[/quote]

In the same spot as his house before the addition.[/quote]
The position of the original house doesn’t matter. He built the addition 6 inches to close according to the issued permit. Failure to follow issued permit = tear down.[/quote]

No, the county doesn't make you tear down a building over 6 inches. It looks like that part of this has already been adjudicated.[/quote]

I have seen situations where the government required a tear down because of discrepancies that a non expert would think of as minor. 
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This isn't a particularly unusual situation, though. Lots are small in much of the county, so this comes up regularly when an addition or accessory structure is built up to the setback. These have historically been granted variances. It would be hard for them not to. The issue isn't whether the project as a whole creates a problem for the neighbor, it is whether that six inches matters. And it obviously doesn't. Because it's an error of less to an 10%, it's a simple process.[/quote]

If a variance is requested, all the neighbors will be notified in writing of the request and the date of the hearing. They will be invited to give their input on the request. It might not be a simple process. 
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