Historic Renovations

More than 38,000 buildings in the region are landmarked, and many sit within historic districts. Owners of those houses face a full layer of design review before the building department will even look at a filing. Hiring a home renovation contractor in Brooklyn with landmark approval experience is often the difference between a nine-month approval cycle and a three-month one. Older housing stock adds a second complication: what the drawings show rarely matches what the walls