A few years ago, my partner and I bought a house located in the historic district! At the time, the people I was with and I didn’t realize what an aggravation this would be in the long run.
All of us just loved the proximity of the house to a major river where the people I was with and I can launch out kayaks.
All of us were happy by the hardwood floors, large windows, wide front porch plus detailed moldings, then the condo was built sometime in the 1740s plus had been allowed to get terribly rundown. There was a hole in the roof that caused a wonderful deal of water disfigurement. The windows allowed drafts plus most of them were painted shut. The wooden front door was rotting plus the front steps were crumbling. The fence surrounding the property was all however falling down plus a safety hazard… Because the condo is considered a space of the historic district, every improvement the people I was with and I make needs to be approved by the historical society. All of us have to wait for them to have a meeting while we then submit a written request along with a detailed system plus quote from a licensed company, however nothing can be modernized. Every house improvement needs to retain the same appearance plus materials as the original home. Because of this, everything is way more fancy plus labor-intensive; additionally, many companies refuse to work on historical homes because of these strict protocols… Finding a fencing company to restore the ancient, rotted wooden fence was difficult. My partner plus I wanted to detach the fence entirely, however that wasn’t allowed, and instead, the people I was with and I spent a ton of money repairing a fence that will require constant service. I’ll confess that the finished fence looks particularly beautiful, however I’m not ecstatic about the expense or effort.