The Historic House Handbook: A Sensitive Guide to Old House Living

The Historic House Handbook: A Sensitive Guide to Old House Living

The Historic House Handbook is a guidebook for successful and trouble-free old-house living. Whether your unique home is rural or urban, you’ll find invaluable information, including repair and restoration tips, requirements for living in a historic neighborhood with buildings over 50 years old, and advice on navigating zoning and permitting processes. The Historic House Handbook is a new edition of the award-winning Rehab Rochester (1995). It is a collaborative effort involving nearly two dozen experts who contributed information ranging from appropriate roof installation to promoting dry basements and planning historic landscapes. It also provides specific details on Rochester’s historic neighborhoods, preservation districts, and home maintenance in a cold climate. The Historic House Handbook is suitable for architects, planners, preservation commissions, preservationists, real estate professionals, homeowners, and lovers of historic homes or neighborhoods. You don’t have to live in Rochester; this book is for everyone. Every owner of an older home should have a copy of The Historic House Handbook for seasonal guidance, long-term maintenance, and repairs. Buy one for your neighbor, your family, and pass one on to your local preservation commission or historical society.