Notes on permits, materials, and the parts of owning an old house in Delaware County that nobody hands you a manual for. Organized loosely around the trades and topics in the directory, added to as they're written.
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Historic District Rules in Delaware County: What Actually Requires a Permit
National Register listing and a local historic district are not the same thing, and only one of them means a review board looks at your windows. A walk through how Certificates of Appropriateness actually work in towns like Radnor and Media, and how to find out if your address is covered before you hire anyone.