A judge has blocked a homeowners association from restricting access to the wedding venue in Belmont Bay at least until the summer. Read the article………………………..
Belmont Bay Developers and HOA Head to Court Over Road Access (VA)
While Belmont Bay claims that they have easement rights necessary to access Belmont Bay Drive and the nearby Harbor Side Street, the HOA asserts that only HOA members and emergency services have access rights, InsideNoVA reports. If access were denied to those two roads, there would be no remaining exterior access points to The Osprey’s. Read […]
After no pickups in weeks, trash piles up on London Towne streets, attracting wildlife (VA)
When 7News On Your Side drove through the large London Towne community of Centreville Monday, there were bags of trash lying out everywhere. Residents say no one has picked up trash in the community since late November. Read the article………………………..
Gainesville-area residents take their fight against the PW digital gateway to court (VA)
In two separate lawsuits filed in Prince William County Circuit Court on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Monday, Dec. 5, the Oak Valley Homeowners’ Association, the Gainesville Citizens for Smart Growth and 12 individual residents of Heritage Hunt, Oak Valley and Catharpin are asking the court to halt further development related to the Prince William Digital […]
Belmont Bay developer facing legal fight with residents over property access (VA)
The developer behind Belmont Bay in Woodbridge is facing a legal fight with existing residents over property access in an escalation of animosity spurred over the company’s development plans for the area. Read the article………………………..
Local Condominium Vacates Twelve Units Due to ‘Undue Strains’ (VA)
Representatives of an engineering firm hired by the residents’ board at the Madison Condominium at 600 Roosevelt Blvd. in Falls Church found a steel beam that was completely corroded and they immediately call City Hall and City engineers condemned the building and the Falls Church Police Department and Office of Emergency Management supervised an evacuation […]
Virginia Supreme Court denies hearing condo owners’ appeal challenging expansion of VB senior living community
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied hearing an appeal from condo owners attempting to halt the expansion of a retirement community in Virginia Beach. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Court stated that “there is no reversible error” regarding the previous judgment regarding the Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay. Read the article………………………..
Charlottesville lawsuit against University Village tests state condo law (VA)
The board of one of the area’s most prominent retirement communities finds itself at war with a resident who wants to block the facility’s planned expansion Read the article………………………..
Dam Awareness Rises in Hurricane Season (VA)
With the rainy season moving in, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation recently began to look at area dams, reviewing certification and the rules surrounding dams in an effort to thwart any mishaps that could result in fatalities. Read the article………………………..
County plans to get more HOAs on board with electric vehicle chargers, starting in Reston (VA)
Fairfax County is looking to charge up a new electric vehicle charging station program and pilot it in Reston. At last week’s Transportation Committee meeting, the Board of Supervisors discussed a new “Charge Up Fairfax” program, where the county would provide support to homeowners’ associations (HOAs) and multi-family communities to install electric vehicle (EV) charging […]
Becoming a high impact board member in your home owners association (VA)
Today, it is estimated that over 60 million people are living in one of the 300,000 community associations in America. Of those residents, nearly 2 million serve in HOA boards to manage their association, according to the Community Associations Institute (CAI). Read the article………………………..
The HOA of a middle-class Portsmouth community is loaded with politically connected people. No one will say why (VA)
There’s a residential development with homes that have brick and vinyl siding and small front lawns, that looks like any other middle-class community. It’s called New Port at Victory, and it’s near the city’s Tidewater Community College campus and the Bide-A-Wee golf course. But there’s something unusual about this place. Read the article………………………..
Pay closer attention to your condo homeowners insurance (HO-6) (VA)
Question: What is the difference between my individual condo insurance and the Association’s master insurance policy and do I need my own insurance? Read the Q&A……………………………….
Hundreds of fish turn up dead at Wyndham Lake (VA)
A fishy situation unfolded at Wyndham Lake in Glen Allen on Monday. The residents in the surrounding neighborhood were in for a smelly surprise when they walked the shoreline. Read the article…………………..
Residents displaced after Portsmouth daycare fire demanding answers (VA)
It’s been three months since a fire broke out at Charlestowne Condominiums on Greenwood Drive in Portsmouth. 10 On Your Side first brought you the story about the dire that started in the kitchen of a home-daycare and led to seven children being hospitalized. Read the article…………………………
Captains Cove Residents Sue Townhouse Developer (VA)
The lawsuit alleges that past and proposed actions by the development company, CCG Note LLC, by virtue of having a controlling majority of its own representatives on Captains Cove’s property owner’s association board of directors, “represent self-dealing in breach of its fiduciary duty owed” to Captains Cove property owners. Read the article…………………………..
Presentations for Homeowners Associations Planned through Virginia Cooperative Extension
Virginia Cooperative Extension staff, in cooperation with the Prince William County Watershed branch, have planned presentations on best practices for water quality and recommendations for homeowners’ associations to develop native vegetated buffers around streams and lakes in the County. Read the entire article……………………………….
Kellam High School parking issue irks neighbors (VA)
There’s a parking battle brewing in West Neck Commons in Virginia Beach. Kellam High Students are using the neighborhood across the street from the school as their parking lot. Read the entire article……………………………….
A civil war among neighbors over Confederate-themed streets (VA)
On the corner of Confederate Lane and Plantation Parkway in the Civil War-themed housing development of Mosby Woods, a “Black Lives Matter” lawn sign faces the two street markers. Read the entire article……………………………….
1 Firefighter Taken To Hospital From 3-Alarm Fire In Fair Oaks (VA)
Fairfax County fire crews were still hitting hot spots more than an hour after being called to the Cedar Lake Condominiums on Monday for the report of a fire, according to a 12:25 p.m. post on the department’s official Twitter account. Read the entire article……………………………….
Daycare that caught fire operating against HOA policy (VA)
10 On Your Side first told you about the children who were rescued from a second-floor window to escape a fire that broke out at their daycare Wednesday afternoon. Now, we’ve learned the Portsmouth business isn’t supposed to be there. Read the entire article……………………………….
Warren County board hears subdivision request (VA)
The Shenandoah Farms property owners group wants to take back control of the sanitary district from Warren County. But other residents of the sprawling rural subdivision say the county does a better job managing the Shenandoah Farms Sanitary District, its finances and the roads. Read the entire article……………………………….
Stormwater lawsuit delayed (VA)
It argues that while modern regulations now require such easements to be dedicated to a development’s homeowners association, subdivisions built out in the 1990s and prior frequently lack a stated designee responsible for the stormwater system’s upkeep. The development’s builder or homeowners association “was the implicit beneficiary,” the paper argues, but in cases where such […]
$93K In Damage Caused By Reston Condo Fire: Update (VA)
Despite their best efforts, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue EMS personnel were unable to revive an unconscious cat that had been rescued Sunday morning from condo fire in Reston. Read the entire article……………………………….
Virginia’s homeowners associations are still resistant to solar power
After the Virginia Clean Economy Act was passed in 2020, many Virginians embraced residential solar power in an effort to help reach the state’s goal of zero emissions by 2050. In fact, although it’s not as widely known, the 2020 SB 504 bill also played a key role in making rooftop solar more accessible to […]
Some new Hopyard residents haven’t gotten mail delivery for seven months (VA)
It’s not unusual for bad weather or staff shortages to disrupt mail service for a few days, but a handful of residents in King George County haven’t gotten mail delivery for seven months. Read the entire article……………………………….
Unattended candle sparks condo fire in Woodbridge, injuring 1 and displacing 13 residents (VA)
One person was injured and at least 13 people displaced by a condominium fire in Woodbridge late Monday afternoon that officials said was caused by an unattended candle. Read the entire article……………………………….
Homeowners associations continue to be a hurdle for rooftop solar installations: (VA)
Many Virginians are aware of the transformational energy legislation enacted in 2020 by the General Assembly, most prominently the sweeping Virginia Clean Economy Act. But a lesser-known bill significantly expanded the rights of homeowners living in homeowners associations (HOAs) who wish to install and use rooftop solar arrays. Read the entire article……………………………….
New Lake Anne President Aims To Chart New Course For Community (VA)
After a few hiccups, Lake Anne property owners elect three new board members to help turn around the beleaguered condo association. Read the entire article……………………………….
‘Spite fence’ angers neighbors of West Neck golf community in Virginia Beach (VA)
Tom Luckman used to sit on a bench in his backyard, sipping coffee and taking in the view. He and his wife, Sis, live on what used to be Hole 3 of the Signature at West Neck golf course, designed by Arnold Palmer, in the southern part of the city. Read the entire article……………………………….
Fairfax County leaders looking for ways to encourage more electric vehicle use (VA)
“We have heard from apartment owners, condo owners, community association boards, HOA boards who have unused parking spaces that they want to put electric vehicle charging stations in and they would’ve already done it if it didn’t cost so much to go through the process,” he said. Read the entire article……………………………….
Fairfax neighborhood struggles to slow down speeding cars driving past stop signs (VA)
Fairfax neighbors have turned to fighting speeding cars with their own signs, only to watch them be taken down. Watch the news report………………………………………..
Should the County Claim Proxy Voting Rights at Lake Anne in Reston? (VA)
The 2020 Board Elections for Lake Anne of Reston Condominium Association rained division among its directors. It led two directors to identify as president, one entrenched holding the association’s purse strings and the other seeking appeal in court. Read the entire article……………………………….
Lake Anne Property Owners Call On County To Intervene In Election (VA)
A group of Reston residents reached out to Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn recently seeking the county’s help in a matter affecting an upcoming homeowners association election. Read the entire article……………………………….
Lake Anne residents raise concerns over contentious board elections to county (VA)
Some residents at Lake Anne are turning to the county for help sort out its homeowner association’s contentious and divisive elections. In a Sept. 23 letter to Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn, more than 40 residents urged the county to not allow the property’s landlord to vote in condominium elections. Roughly seven percent of […]
Lowe, Brown appeal case to Va. high court
Two Greene County residents appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court this month an earlier 16th Judicial Circuit ruling that says they are personally liable regarding actions taken by a homeowner’s association in Greene, according to court records. Read the entire article……………………………….
Stafford homeowner fights pond drainage, fearing fish will ‘die in place’ (VA)
Thousands of fish will suffocate and die if the Stafford County pond they live in is drained this week, says a Stillwater Estates homeowner fighting to halt a developer’s plan. Jason and Olya Salley moved from Prince William County to the small Stafford subdivision in July, but Sona Homes, which built their house, is ready to […]
Prince William County family suing condo over dangerous living conditions (VA)
A Prince William County family feels stuck in what they’re calling unacceptable and unsafe living conditions. “It is not safe and it is not healthy,” said Janet DiTanna, Homeowner, Sherbrooke Condominium Unit. The family says filing a lawsuit was a last resort, but the only way to get the attention of their Homeowner’s Association […]
LETTER: Snow Hill residents say thanks to government officials (VA)
Recently the Snow Hill HOA Board of Directors had the opportunity to work with several government?entities in order to resolve a long-term issue for our community.?We could not be more pleased with how our officials worked with us, and with each other, to help us.? Read the entire article……………………………….
$37M In Repairs Needed To Lake Anne’s Aging Infrastructure (VA)
A Reston homeowners association faces more than $37 million in repairs to its aging infrastructure, according to a new report from the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (FCDPWES). Read the entire article……………………………….
Olde Gold Cup residents frustrated by Warrenton stormwater fees process (VA)
A meeting last week to provide information to Town of Warrenton residents on their stormwater utility fees turned contentious, with homeowners demanding more clarity and a simpler process. By meeting’s end, Assistant Public Works Director Paul Bernard had acknowledged fee-calculation mistakes, pledged to get out more information, and said he would take a look at […]
Lake Anne’s Aging Infrastructure Reviewed By Fairfax County (VA)
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn briefed Lake Anne residents Wednesday night on Fairfax County’s efforts to assess the aging infrastructure within the community, identify problem areas, and propose possible solutions. Read the entire article……………………………….
Warrenton working to correct miscalculations in stormwater utility fees (VA)
Town of Warrenton officials have discovered miscalculations in their assessment of stormwater utility fees in at least one subdivision and are working to correct the errors. The discovery came as residents of the Olde Gold Cup Association, Inc., the subdivision’s homeowners association, questioned town officials about utility fees on their tax bills that did not […]
Lakefront community requests rezoning to restrict short-term rentals (VA)
The Franklin County Planning Commission is moving forward with a request from Idlewood Shores residents on July 13 to begin rezoning the lakefront community to restrict short-term rentals. Read the entire article……………………………….
An oceanfront condo collapsed in Florida. Could that happen along Virginia’s coast?
On the last Wednesday in June, residents of a 12-story oceanfront condo in Surfside, Florida, went to bed with no reason to believe the building would crumble to the ground. Then it did. Now, questions abound: Why did the collapse occur, could it happen to buildings along the Virginia coast, and should we be worried? […]
Lake Anne’s Aging Infrastructure Reviewed By Fairfax County (VA)
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn briefed Lake Anne residents Wednesday night on Fairfax County’s efforts to assess the aging infrastructure within the community, identify problem areas, and propose possible solutions. Read the entire article……………………………….
Dredging at Timber Lake complete, decades-long project secures future of community (VA)
On a summer morning at Timber Lake, the water is expansive and glittering, the crown jewel of the Timberlake neighborhood, an about 60-acre lake that touches almost 200 properties. After 30 years, phase one of a long-awaited conservation project is complete — on Saturday, the dredging process finished, the culmination of decades of work to […]
DC, Virginia officials pressing for building protections after Florida condo collapse
The horrific building collapse in Florida is leaving local communities on edge about where their own homes stand. In the hours, days, and weeks after the deadly incident, Alexandria, Va. Mayor Justin Wilson said residents reached out voicing concerns. Read the entire article……………………………….
After Florida condo collapse, DMV leaders want inspection rules changed (VA)
7News On Your Side, tracking safety concerns in the D.C. area weeks after a Florida condo collapse claimed dozens of lives. The mayor of Alexandria says his city has a higher concentration of older high-rise buildings than anywhere else in the Commonwealth, including 57 buildings that are at least 40 years old. Read the entire […]
Tips for successful homeowners association board meetings (VA)
Board meetings are an important part of any homeowners association. Discussions include homeowners’ concerns, budgets, important topics, and current and upcoming events happening in the community. It is important that board members run a successful meeting. Read the entire article……………………………….