Renovating in
Poinsettia Heights.
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. 1940s to early 1950s, built by Gill Construction as middle-income housing; association says homes mostly 1950s and 1960s.
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The lots and the water
The water here is the river and lakes. About 1,030 single-family homes; typically 1,100 to 1,800 sq ft though new construction can be much larger; zoned single-family only, townhomes/condos limited to the two bordering main roads (Wikipedia, association).
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Tear down or renovate
Small post-war homes being expanded or replaced by much larger new construction. Older homes here are often replaced rather than renovated. Which one makes sense for the lot and the budget is worth settling early.
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Impact windows and roofs
Mid-century ranch updates: kitchens, baths, windows, roof. 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.
Where this comes from: en.wikipedia.org, poinsettiaheights.org, redfin.com. 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 Poinsettia Heights.