Property Maintenance

Older single-family home communities in Fairfax County are facing challenges. Without the tools available to communities with mandatory homeowners associations, property maintenance is a continuing challenge.

Things you can do to educate your neighbors on property maintenance:

• List a “Yard of the Month” with photo on your website,

• Have a section in your newsletter with a photograph of a nice property. This will serve as an example for others. (Be sure to get the owner’s approval before printing.)

• “Welcome Packets” can be given to every new neighbor. In the packet, you can provide them with “guidelines” for the neighborhood with a link to sign up for the neighborhood listserv/website/facebook page and a community directory.

• Have a “special pickup" information section available on your website. Many times neighbors do not know to put their over-sized trash out and call for this free service. This will help neighbors to tell someone about the service in a friendly way. Online: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/recycling-trash/county-collection-customers/special-pick-up