5137 Gatebridge Rd LLC

About 5137 Gatebridge Rd LLC

5137 Gatebridge Rd LLC is a sober living operator running recovery housing in Chesterfield, Virginia, in Chesterfield County south of Richmond. Its residence appears on Virginia's register of certified recovery residences, in DBHDS Region 4.

A Small Chesterfield County Recovery Housing Provider

This is a single-purpose Virginia limited liability company, the legal form most small recovery housing providers in the state use. The name is the address of a property, which is common practice among operators who hold each house in its own entity. A resident dealing with a company this size is dealing with the owner. Admissions, fees, house rules and discharge decisions are made by someone reachable, and the operator's reputation in the county rests on one or two houses and one set of neighbors. The trade is that a small operator publishes little, markets less, and answers on its own schedule.

Public Records Behind This Virginia Sober Living Operator

An operator with no website still leaves a record, and in Virginia the records that matter for recovery housing are specific:

1. Registration with the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which establishes that the entity exists, is current, and is legally answerable for the housing it runs.
2. Its position on the state's recovery residence register, which shows whether the housing is certified or absent.

This operator's house is certified and carried on that register, which is the Commonwealth's own record that a recognized body has accredited the address. For a company that publishes nothing else, those two entries are the whole of what an applicant can verify without picking up the phone.

What a Certified Residence Owes a Resident Before Move-In

Certification is a set of documents, and with a one-house operator those documents are effectively the entire accountability structure. Fees and house rules go to an applicant in writing before move-in, so the cost of a bed is fixed before the move, not after it. A written relapse and discharge policy exists. Conduct is governed by a code of ethics. And a complaint can be escalated to the credentialing body, which is the only route that does not end with the owner. That last point is the practical difference between a small certified operator and a small uncertified one, and it is worth asking for all of it on paper, not over the phone.

Why Certification Is Compulsory for Virginia Recovery Housing

Virginia is one of a small number of states that made recovery residence certification mandatory. Va. Code section 37.2-431.1 makes operating an uncertified residence a Class 1 misdemeanor, and the state recognizes exactly two credentialing bodies, the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences and Oxford House. That changes how a resident should read a small operator. A one-house LLC in most states carries no external obligations at all. In Virginia the same company either appears on the public register or is operating outside the law, and the register is short enough to check in a minute.

Where This Sober Living Operator Works

The footprint is northern Chesterfield County, in the suburban belt where the county meets Richmond's southern edge. Chesterfield is among Virginia's most populous counties, its seat is Chesterfield Court House, and the Chesterfield Community Services Board runs its behavioral health services. Region 4 centers on the Richmond area and holds the densest concentration of certified recovery housing in the state. A resident housed in Chesterfield sits within reach of the county's courts and services and of Richmond's outpatient providers and job market, which is the combination that makes this part of the region work for early recovery.

What to Ask This Recovery Housing Provider Before Applying

With a small operator, ask the questions that a bigger organization would answer with a brochure. How long has it housed residents in Chesterfield County. Who lives in the house and who is responsible overnight. What the monthly cost is, what it includes, and what a deposit secures. What the written relapse and discharge policy says. Whether prescribed medication for opioid use disorder is accepted. Which credentialing body holds the house's certification and whether the status is current on the register. And whether the operator takes referrals from the community services board or the county's drug court, which tells you whether local professionals already work with it.