Renovating in
Sailboat Bend.
Fort Lauderdale. Homes here include Old Florida bungalows and historic homes from the 1920s to 40s. 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 Old Florida bungalows, historic homes from the 1920s to 40s, Mediterranean and Spanish-style homes and townhomes. Early 1900s to the 1950s; oldest neighborhood in the city (city page).
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The lots and the water
The water here is the river. Largest of the city's locally designated historic districts (more than 550 buildings); mostly small one-story vernacular houses with Bungalow, Mission or Mediterranean Revival details; some larger riverside homes. bexrealty lots about 0.08 to 0.2 acre.
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Historic review
Locally designated historic district: exterior work needs historic preservation review. 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
Bungalow restoration: wood windows, siding, porches. 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
Flood-zone elevation near the New River. 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, bexrealty.com, 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 Sailboat Bend.