I’ve often talked here about my love for the water and wanting to someday own a little cottage at the shore. And I’ve also talked about how it’s probably going to be an unattainable dream because of the high cost of purchasing and maintaining said cottage. The cost has compounded in recent years due to the increase in hurricane activity on the East Coast and the horrific damage sustained. Not to mention the quadrupled taxes.
Every now and again, though, I get the urge to go check out the waterfront to see if by some chance, some cute little fixer upper comes for sale that might just be do-able anyway… somehow.
That very same scenery I have been driving by for many years is changing in light of the last two hurricanes (both within a year of each other). Heavy damage was sustained and some houses even lost. As these properties are resurrected, there is a new criteria. *sigh*…. they are being jacked up to allow for water to run through them should there be another damaging storm. I don’t know if the insurance companies are insisting or the homeowners are making that decision themselves, but it’s a whole knew look, and I really don’t like it. I would say half of the housing landscape along the shore now looks like THIS….
