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House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Liberal Democrat ()
Date: April 08, 2007 04:36PM

Anyone driving this route will know the house I'm talking about... it's a corner lot on Braddock a couple of blocks west of Twinbrook shopping center. It seems for at least the last 20 years it has been in a constant cycle of getting torn down and rebuilt. It usually has large rocks out in the front of it. Anyone know what the deal is with this house?

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: blue ()
Date: April 08, 2007 04:37PM

perhaps it belongs to Sarah Winchester... http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=574

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: maybe ()
Date: April 08, 2007 05:45PM

I think they have been waiting 20 years for the county to approve a building permit. Anyone who has been to the county building and code enforcement knows what I mean.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Lurker. ()
Date: April 08, 2007 09:53PM

They are probably using some of the same contractors that fix the roads around here.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Heather ()
Date: April 09, 2007 10:55AM

I'm 35 and that house has been under construction since I was a kid.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: bumper ()
Date: April 09, 2007 12:13PM

Does someone have pics please? I think I know what house you're talking about but pictures are always much easier

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Liberal Democrat ()
Date: April 09, 2007 03:27PM

Here's an pic courtesy google maps. It's easy to pick out... eastbound before Twinbrook it's the house on a corner that looks kind of like it is on a cliff and has large rocks sitting on the cliff.
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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: FairF4x0r ()
Date: April 09, 2007 05:44PM

Yeah it's either someone REALLY can't make up their mind about how they want it to look, it has unlucky luck with natural gas, it's an insurance fraud source, or it's getting used as some kind of tax shelter. But to be honest I'd rather look at that every day on Braddock than the GMU sign.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: duh ()
Date: April 09, 2007 06:23PM

The guy must know somebody...that house sits on 1.37 acres and the assessment (on the land) is lower than a rental property I own that is only 1/4 acre.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: FairF4x0r ()
Date: April 10, 2007 06:38AM

Construction Quality - CHEAP 10

lol yeah that land value is very suspect.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: PacketMangler ()
Date: April 10, 2007 02:58PM

I seem to recall that a house that's being built doesn't have to be assessed, or is assessed at a much lower amount, and as a result, taxes are quite a bit lower. So perhaps that's what's going on.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: FairF4x0r ()
Date: April 10, 2007 05:38PM

But shouldn't the land portion of the assessment for 1.37 acres be similar to other properties with that amount of land, regardless of the building on it?

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: duh ()
Date: April 10, 2007 09:28PM

The house was built in 1948...this is some kind of endless renovation/addition. The place looks occupied to me....cars in the driveway, trash service, etc.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Burke Brat ()
Date: February 09, 2013 06:23PM

Per the county code, if you get a building permit, you only have to work a little every 6 months or year to keep the Permit in effect, there is no Closure time that I am aware of, as to why? couldn't tell you, but its been pretty much the same for atleast 25 years.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Jeff S ()
Date: February 09, 2013 08:13PM

I think it depends on what direction you are looking at the place.

http://goo.gl/maps/zcYo3

http://goo.gl/maps/7dmCF

http://goo.gl/maps/8om2x

And it looks like the County has been keeping an eye on things.

http://ldip.fairfaxcounty.gov/page/search?searchaddress=9641%20braddock%20road&searchgrid=069&searchquad=1&searchsubdivision=02&searchlot=0026&src=%2Fpage%2Fsearch&f2=FIDO%24%25%24Complaint

I bet they don't belong to a HOA.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Bulkey ()
Date: February 09, 2013 08:39PM

They keep signing up the contractors from the local 7-11 for evening "part time work" after these contractors finish their day work jobs, but the contractors all keep getting murdered by their employer so that he does not have to pay them each day. Hence this job is taking such a long long time, as each day they keep waiting for a crew of contractors to show up that have already been disposed of.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Memorial Park ()
Date: February 10, 2013 03:33AM

Pass that way quite a bit. Was sorry to see those folks who had motorcycles for sale in the front yard all the time move away. It was always interesting to see what was for sale.

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Re: House Always Under Construction, near Braddock & Twinbrook
Posted by: Jack Hairity ()
Date: February 10, 2013 03:37AM

Yeah enforcement by the county is a joke. They already have pretty much stopped enforcing the boarding house issue even as it grows exponentially


think of all these extra people and no more property tax money coming in


not enough police and fire and parks and libraries

maybe one reason cops are in such bad moods these days. way too much work


kind of makes you wonder whats up over at Tom Davis's Taj Mahal

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