Anonymous
12/14/2025 14:31
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious how it’s doing this morning?
What do you mean?
The nasty wind and such. Just curious how the structure is holding.
If you're concerned about that, tell the county to release the stop-work-order and let them finish the sheeting. They'd still need to pass the structural inspection before doing the insulation and drywall. The problem is that political pressure caused the county to come out while they were still framing.
Um, the county can’t release the stop-work order because it appears that the building foundation was placed over the setback line. They need to complete their investigation into this deviation from the permit first.
It wouldn’t make sense to allow the building process to continue if there is a possibility that serious changes will need to be made to the structure to bring it into compliance. It wouldn’t be fair to the homeowners to allow them to spend more money which they could end up possibly losing.
It's 6 inches. They've always approved these. Even the article referenced earlier suggested this was perfuctory.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 13:51
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious how it’s doing this morning?
What do you mean?
The nasty wind and such. Just curious how the structure is holding.
If you're concerned about that, tell the county to release the stop-work-order and let them finish the sheeting. They'd still need to pass the structural inspection before doing the insulation and drywall. The problem is that political pressure caused the county to come out while they were still framing.
Um, the county can’t release the stop-work order because it appears that the building foundation was placed over the setback line. They need to complete their investigation into this deviation from the permit first.
It wouldn’t make sense to allow the building process to continue if there is a possibility that serious changes will need to be made to the structure to bring it into compliance. It wouldn’t be fair to the homeowners to allow them to spend more money which they could end up possibly losing.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 13:43
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious how it’s doing this morning?
What do you mean?
The nasty wind and such. Just curious how the structure is holding.
If you're concerned about that, tell the county to release the stop-work-order and let them finish the sheeting. They'd still need to pass the structural inspection before doing the insulation and drywall. The problem is that political pressure caused the county to come out while they were still framing.
A citizen can’t do that. The county makes those decisions
Read it again
Anonymous
12/14/2025 13:38
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious how it’s doing this morning?
What do you mean?
The nasty wind and such. Just curious how the structure is holding.
If you're concerned about that, tell the county to release the stop-work-order and let them finish the sheeting. They'd still need to pass the structural inspection before doing the insulation and drywall. The problem is that political pressure caused the county to come out while they were still framing.
A citizen can’t do that. The county makes those decisions
Anonymous
12/14/2025 13:24
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Can somebody summarize this? I'm so curious as to the run off issue. Zoning aside, flooding somebody else's land seems illegal.
There's no flooding issue. Some posters were spreading FUD that doesn't apply to this case.
That being said, neighbors don't have an obligation to prevent water from flowing downhill. If your neighbors' yards naturally flow into your's, that's your problem, not their's.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 13:20
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious how it’s doing this morning?
What do you mean?
The nasty wind and such. Just curious how the structure is holding.
If you're concerned about that, tell the county to release the stop-work-order and let them finish the sheeting. They'd still need to pass the structural inspection before doing the insulation and drywall. The problem is that political pressure caused the county to come out while they were still framing.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 13:10
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious how it’s doing this morning?
What do you mean?
The nasty wind and such. Just curious how the structure is holding.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 12:53
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Can somebody summarize this? I'm so curious as to the run off issue. Zoning aside, flooding somebody else's land seems illegal.
That’s not really the main issue. It’s more about not following the plans in the permit, poor construction quality, fire safety.
Read the thread and you’ll get the information.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 12:50
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Can somebody summarize this? I'm so curious as to the run off issue. Zoning aside, flooding somebody else's land seems illegal.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 12:10
Subject: Re:Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Did he he homeowner ever put up weather proofing like the report suggests?
I don't think it matters. There's too much attention on it now and it's in indefinite hold.
+1 It could take years. Seriously.
Does the county not have some kind of schedule for hearings on issues of this kind?
Anonymous
12/14/2025 12:06
Subject: Re:Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:
Did he he homeowner ever put up weather proofing like the report suggests?
I don't think it matters. There's too much attention on it now and it's in indefinite hold.
+1 It could take years. Seriously.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 10:51
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I love the smell of property rights in the morning
Virginia has a long history of being on the wrong side of property rights. The idea of telling other people what can and can't do runs deep there.
Most reasonable people don’t think “property rights” includes flooding your neighbors property or blocking most of the sunlight for your neighbors. It’s only the unhinged libertarians and YIMBYs (aka developer lobbyists) that believe that “property rights” includes the right to harm your neighbors.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 10:32
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Curious how it’s doing this morning?
What do you mean?
Anonymous
12/14/2025 10:07
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Anonymous wrote:Did he he homeowner ever put up weather proofing like the report suggests?
I don't think it matters. There's too much attention on it now and it's in indefinite hold.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 10:04
Subject: Massive home addition causes confusion in Fairfax County neighborhood
Did he he homeowner ever put up weather proofing like the report suggests?