Renovating in
Tarpon River.
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, townhomes and newer coastal-modern builds. Early buildings; Truax potential district 1911-1950; developed as several small subdivisions; many single-family houses heavily altered.
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The lots and the water
The water here is the river. Small lots of about 0.07 to 0.25 acre; 36 potential individual landmarks identified.
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Historic review
One potential historic district and 36 potential individual landmarks, so historic review may apply. 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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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 Tarpon River.