“Dear PoPville,
Does anyone have experience dealing with DC’s Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)? I was awarded a warranty bond against a developer to fix about $36,000 worth of damage/missing structural issues. The award was granted in August 2021. The developer contested it and we went to court in March 2022. The judge said he would give his decision by May 2022…and it’s now October. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
A few months ago, you wrote about giant Amazon containers that are left behind in a reader’s building.
This issue is now plaguing our building. There are new boxes arriving every day and being left behind. It’s madness! (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Has anyone else noticed a particular shortage of Ubers at DCA recently? The last few times I’ve tried to get a car over the past month, the app searched for 5-10 minutes and then cancelled. This has happened at peak and non peak airport times. Don’t have the same issue with Lyfts and have just tried the taxi line too, but wondering if anyone else has experienced the same and/or knows what’s going on.”
and (more…)
photo by Beau Finley
“Dear PoPville,
Speaking of Halloween, where do people like to donate blood? (more…)
photo by Eric P.
“Dear PoPville,
We purchased a home earlier this year with an old oil boiler that we planned to replace immediately. For a variety of reasons (the fact that the previous owner filled up the oil tank between inspection and closing, waiting for IRA energy efficiency rebates to become available next year, other priority house projects, etc.) we’ve decided to wait to make the upgrade.
We have two questions: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Am I the only one finding outrageous the “restaurant recovery” fee still existent in some restaurants? Next thing will be “inflation fee”?”
“Dear PoPville,
Do we know why the stoplights at Lincoln Road and Rhode Island NE appear to have changed to flashing red for Lincoln traffic and flashing yellow (i.e. permanent “go”) for Rhode Island traffic? (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
There was a team from the city jackhammering Columbia Rd near Kalorama Park last night for quite some time starting just after 3:00am. (more…)
Thanks to Samantha for sending from “9th/Brentwood NE right by the Home Depot”. Earlier this week a reader asked:
“anyone else noticed over the past year the amount of vehicles with temp tags?”
I’m guessing the tag in the photo above is because their tags were stolen?
4th and L Street, NW?
Thanks to C. for sending. To catch people for speeding on L Street? Or to catch people speeding in the alley.
Ed. Note: I’d love if more people were ticketed for speeding through alleys!!