A few years ago, my wife and I purchased a beach home situated in the historic district… At the time, both of us didn’t realize what an aggravation this would be, but the people I was with and I just loved the proximity of the beach home to a major river where both of us can launch our kayaks.
The people I was with and I were blissful by the hardwood floors, big windows, wide front porch and detailed moldings.
The home was built sometime in the 1800s and had been allowed to get terribly rundown as well. There was a hole in the roof that caused a superb deal of water disfigurement. The windows allowed drafts and most of them were painted shut. The wooden front door was rotting and the front steps were crumbling. The fence surrounding the property was all but falling down and a safety hazard, and because the home is considered a section of the historic district, every improvement both of us make needs to be approved by the historical society. The people I was with and I have to wait for them to have a meeting and then submit a written request along with a detailed program and estimate from a licensed company, then nothing can be modernized, and every beach home improvement needs to retain the same appearance and materials as the original home. Because of this, everything is way more high-priced and labor-intensive… Most companies refuse to work on historical homes because of the strict protocols, so finding a fencing company to restore the ancient, rotted wooden fence was difficult. My wife and I wanted to remove the fence entirely, however that wasn’t allowed! Instead, both of us spent a fortune repairing a fence that will require constant service. I’ll admit that the finished fence looks genuinely beautiful, however I’m not ecstatic about the expense or effort.