Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

Re: property devaluation

This problem occurs more frequently with the rolling development of "exurbia" such as the area around Gainesville which used to be mainly rural but now sprouts a variety of development that threatens to make it simply an appendage of Manassas.

Unfortunately, I know of no legal solution to the problem which you've described.

Re: property devaluation

I might add that the law does recognize something called a "view easement" but would doubt that it applies to your situation which would require a showing that in the deed to the property with the house under construction there is specific language which creates a view easement burdening this property for the benefit of your property in order to preserve the view from your lot of the distant mountain scenery(or whatever). If there were such an easement created in the deed to this adjoining property, you then would have clear legal recourse to enforce it and could likely have the offending structure moved.