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Originally Posted by MastClimberPro
I live around the corner from this property (in a hertiage house as well on North St) and an interesting side note to this renovation is that in order to do the work NS Power had to be involved due to the proximity of the powerlines out front. I can't remember if the lines were depowered or masked but before a single nail was driven the owners had to shell out $25K for NSPs intervention to make any renovations safely possible. That extra cost alone meant the renovation was delayed by years.
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It is another example of the personal expense incurred by individual property owners to do the sort of work needed to keep heritage properties looking good; the benefit of which is arguably shared by the community. I obviously would benefit greatly by having my home renovated under a more generous or expansive grant program so feel free to take anything I say with a grain of salt, but heritage preservation is something that the community clearly values. Some heritage properties are wrapped up in huge land banks owned by developers, certainly, who have no intention of maintanence or improvement. But many (most?) are owned by indivuals, families or couples who are pleased to preserve the past in the form of their own homes.
Building costs have skyrocketed generally and the vig individual homeowners have to pay to renovate in a way that's sensitive to heritage concerns is not nearly offset by the heritage grants that are currently available. Having NSP take such an outrageous pound of flesh on top of all that is a real kick in the teeth for those of use who take pride in the heritage of the city. Just one dude's opinion.
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We had the exterior of our 1905 house done, there was scaffolding and NSP wrapped the lines, at o cost to us. Two years ago we had our electric service upgraded for a heat pump, entire cost was under $6,000, including a new exterior stack. No charge from NSP. I doubt the accuracy of the huge NSP charge that you mention.
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