Renovating in
Breakwater Surf Club Homes.
Fort Lauderdale. Homes here include 1950s and 60s ranch and contemporary homes. What the city and local broker guides say about building here, and what usually comes up when a house is renovated.
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The houses
Homes here include 1950s and 60s ranch and contemporary homes. 1956 to 1958 (city potential historic district period of significance); 49 contributing and 11 non-contributing buildings.
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The lots and the water
The water here is the ocean. Cooperative-style enclave in southeast Fort Lauderdale near Port Everglades inlet; one listing describes about 59 private single-family homes.
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Historic review
Potential historic district status may bring design review for exterior changes. Some older streets are surveyed or designated as historic. Where that applies, the city's review comes first and shapes what can change.
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Impact windows and roofs
Mid-century ranch updates: kitchens, baths, windows, flat/low-pitch roof replacement. Wind-rated windows, doors and roofs are standard in a coastal renovation, and an older house usually needs them updated as part of the scope.
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Flood zone and elevation
Oceanfront-area wind and flood requirements. Many older, low-lying homes here sit in flood zones. When the cost of work passes half of what the home is worth, the rules can require it to meet current flood standards, so this is checked before the design is final.
Where this comes from: fortlauderdale.gov, fortlauderdale.gov. Housing and lot details are as the city and broker guides describe them, and broker figures are marketing snapshots. The photograph is from a Johnson job elsewhere. It shows the kind of work, not a house in Breakwater Surf Club Homes.