Anonymous wrote:This is no different than a tall townhouse being built in dc among other small ones. People are just jealous they can’t do it too.

No one is jealous that they don’t want to build (not can’t build) a hideous monstrosity onto their house and tick off all of their neighbors.

This is near Chantilly so nowhere near DC proper. People move to the outer suburbs because they want a suburban neighborhood. Not a patchwork hodgepodge that makes it look like a boarding house is being added to an existing property.

That addition is so so bad. And completely out of place for that neighborhood. Those poor neighbors who are stuck living next to it. Good for them for raising awareness to stop
That monstrosity but how awful to have that tension with your next door neighbor. There’s no coming back from this.

It looks like an office tower.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know that you could really argue 3 stories is over doing it in this area. I understand how people feel about it but plenty of the gigantic new builds are 4 levels including the basement. The economics of tear downs mean you need the biggest house possible to recoup the value.

It looks like some hotel in the middle of a single story or 2 story SFH neighborhood. It's also not a new build and looks out of place/out if proportion looking at it in isolation as an addition to the existing single story home.

Those of you who don’t like HOAs — this is why you might appreciate an HOA.

I don't know that you could really argue 3 stories is over doing it in this area. I understand how people feel about it but plenty of the gigantic new builds are 4 levels including the basement. The economics of tear downs mean you need the biggest house possible to recoup the value.

Anonymous wrote:This is no different than a tall townhouse being built in dc among other small ones. People are just jealous they can’t do it too.

This is not DC and people who live in Fairfax county suburban single family neighborhoods moved there specifically because they don’t want to live in DC. This is completely different.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m Asian. While this addition may be 100% legal, just don’t agree with doing this to the neighbors (and the neighborhood in general). Really feeling sorry for that woman next door. Sadly this is where HOAs are appreciated.

The addition literally blocks most of the sunlight to the neighbors house. The nextdoor neighbor is losing the ability to fully use her own property. Fairfax county needs to amend the zoning ordinance to include FAR ratio limits and lot coverage maximums for suburban residential neighborhoods.

There need to be height limitations combined with FAR. If only FAR, one could build a skinny tower or any height of geometry so long as it fits into a ratio. The tower is basically what this family did.

FAR in addition with max lot coverage requirements, and height limit tied to distance from property line would effectively disallow this.

Anonymous wrote:The architect’s name and company should be made public. They should be embarrassed.

I’m certain they did not use an “architect” per se. Fairfax does not require a professional licensed architect to stamp plans, and more particularly if the homeowner is building for “personal use” as in this case. The codes must be followed but one can purchase cad software and do it. I’m certain that now with AI it may when be easier.

The architect’s name and company should be made public. They should be embarrassed.

This is no different than a tall townhouse being built in dc among other small ones. People are just jealous they can’t do it too.

I believe the construction has been paused because the addition is being built too close to the property line of the neighbor and even though they got a permit for the addition it is not being built in compliance of the set back under the permit.

it was on the news.

surprise surprise.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m Asian. While this addition may be 100% legal, just don’t agree with doing this to the neighbors (and the neighborhood in general). Really feeling sorry for that woman next door. Sadly this is where HOAs are appreciated.

The addition literally blocks most of the sunlight to the neighbors house. The nextdoor neighbor is losing the ability to fully use her own property. Fairfax county needs to amend the zoning ordinance to include FAR ratio limits and lot coverage maximums for suburban residential neighborhoods.

There need to be height limitations combined with FAR. If only FAR, one could build a skinny tower or any height of geometry so long as it fits into a ratio. The tower is basically what this family did.

Another Asian bringing down the neighborhood.

I say this as a child of an Asian parent who treats her property as if it was Sanford & Son's opening image. Even my uncle, her brother, who is a real estate shark looked at her house and said "I can always tell if an Asian person owns a particular home".

It's a feature of Confucian culture not to prioritize any responsibility towards your neighbor. One's only obligation is to the family and that's all that matters. Clearly here, housing the extended family, even if it means trampling on the neighbor's access to sky is a bigger priority than the community.

What a terrible thing to do to the property values of your neighbors.

Anonymous wrote:I’m Asian. While this addition may be 100% legal, just don’t agree with doing this to the neighbors (and the neighborhood in general). Really feeling sorry for that woman next door. Sadly this is where HOAs are appreciated.

The addition literally blocks most of the sunlight to the neighbors house. The nextdoor neighbor is losing the ability to fully use her own property. Fairfax county needs to amend the zoning ordinance to include FAR ratio limits and lot coverage maximums for suburban residential neighborhoods.