May 1, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: property maintenance

Owners of buildings destroyed in a fire fail to respond to code violation notices

#code compliance, #fires, #property maintenance
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The owners of the buildings destroyed by a fire on Columbia Pike in Annandale have failed to respond to the Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance, so the matter is being referred to the commonwealth’s attorney’s office. The fire, on March 12, 2023, affected four businesses. The DCC filed several notices charging the property owners … Continued

Annandale kiosk replaced

#property maintenance, #revitalization
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Fairfax County has replaced the Annandale kiosk on Little River Turnpike in front of Walgreens. The glass cover had been broken, and the wood had deteriorated. The kiosk is used by the Annandale Chamber of Commerce to promote its events and activities. The new kiosk was funded from the Community Revitalization District “sinking funds” for … Continued

Judge orders Zaaki to comply with the building code, or face demolition

#Baileys Crossroads, #property maintenance, #restaurants
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The code violations at the dilapidated building in Bailey’s Crossroads that formerly housed the Zaaki restaurant and hookah lounge must be fixed or the owners could be forced to tear it down. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner handed down a default judgment Sept. 8 ordering the landowners, Aaron and Mary Samson, and their … Continued

Alexandria leaders view maintenance problems at Southern Towers

#Alexandria, #housing, #property maintenance
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During a tour of Southern Towers, tenants showed City of Alexandria officials why they’ve been complaining about the landlord, the CIM Group. Tenants invited the officials into their apartments to show them broken appliances, mold, and holes in walls. They spoke about rent increases; infestations of mice, bedbugs, and roaches; leaky pipes; broken elevators; new … Continued

Sens. Warner and Kaine condemn Southern Towers owner for predatory practices

#Alexandria, #housing, #property maintenance
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Tenants’ complaints about increasing costs and shoddy maintenance at the Southern Towers apartments are finally getting some traction. On June 26, African Communities Together (ACT) chartered a truck to circle Alexandria with messages calling for “safe, affordable, and dignified housing” for Southern Towers residents. The next day, Virginia’s two senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine … Continued

Heat still not fixed at Fairmont Gardens

#property maintenance, #utilities
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Some tenants at Fairmont Gardens in Annandale still don’t have heat. Two entire buildings in the complex don’t have heat at all, while heating has been intermittent in other apartments, reports Nady Peralta Wentworth, an attorney at the Legal Aid Justice Center. In the only communication from the management, the Donaldson Group sent a notice … Continued

Fines take effect for spreading bamboo

#gardening, #property maintenance
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The Fairfax County ordinance that prohibits bamboo spreading to neighboring yards takes effect today, Jan. 1, 2023. The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance last March setting fines for homeowners who let running bamboo spread beyond their property line. The ordinance is enforced on a complaint basis. If a property owner finds bamboo encroached into … Continued

Wedgewood tenants complain about mice, mold, and water outages

#health, #housing, #property maintenance
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Residents of the Wedgewood Apartments in Annandale are increasingly fed up with their living conditions – and an unresponsive landlord. Among the complaints: mice, bedbugs, water outages, broken pipes, flooding in laundry rooms, mold, rats by the dumpsters, crime, and speeding in the parking lot. Concerned tenants have been working with staff from FACETS, the … Continued