By Christopher Brooks BEST-LAID PLANS
One of the main renovations
on the Titusville home involves
restoring and reconstructing
the seawall using broken up
pieces from a concrete driveway
and coquina boulders.
CHRISTOPHER BROOKS
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Safety issues, upgrades and material shortages
slow down ambitious project
hen my ballroom dance
and life partner, Connie
Maggi, and I decided to
move to Titusville we
acquired a 1904 house on the
Indian River in the historical
district. And while we knew the location
and view were everything we had been
hoping for, the house was another
matter. We would just have to live with
it as it is, we thought.
However, the more we thought about it,
the more we believed we could modify it
into the house we had been hoping for
as well. And what we had been hoping
for was a master bedroom suite on the
ground floor overlooking the river in
addition to a ballroom for parties and
dance practice.
The 3,500-square-foot house, which has
been extensively modified over the years,
is highly compartmentalized. It sits on a
narrow 0.56 acre pie-shaped
lot that would not allow for widening
of the floor plan. So any addition would
involve lengthening either toward the
river or the street. There was no doubt
which side it would be on but how do
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we create a master bedroom suite
downstairs on the side that offers a full
view of the river? And not just any master
bedroom suite. We wanted it to be large
enough to have his and hers bathrooms
and walk-in closets.
COMBINING ROOMS
We thought about taking over a modern
first floor addition that was likely
built in the 1970s and used as a family
room. However, at 400 square feet it
would not be large enough for what
we had in mind. Plus, we did not want
to give up the only family gathering
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FOLLOWS A
TITUSVILLE
COUPLE
AS THEY
RESTORE
THEIR
HISTORICAL
HOME
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