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What South Florida real estate could learn from Carmel, California.

What a new house will look like in Carmel, California

Carmel, CA is a beautiful city consumed with keeping it that way.  Unlike in Miami, when someone wants to build a home or alter an existing one, the approval process is exacting, lengthy, detailed, aimed at making sure the neighbors are not adversely impacted and the trees and environment are protected.  In Miami we just bulldoze what’s there and build basically whatever we want. The trees and the neighbors get priority here.  One of the first steps in construction of any sort is to erect a physical representation of the space the new structure will occupy.  This means putting up a framework in exactly the same space so that anyone can see what it will look like and, most importantly, the neighbors can tell what the new edifice will do to their view.  Here is a picture of the framework representing a new house being built down the street.  It will stay up until the public hearing on the construction. 

When you do construction, preservation of the trees is paramount.  You have to build around them if at all possible.  Many times, construction can’t take place because of trees.  Here’s an example of how construction was done to avoid injuring a tree.  Notice how the roof line was adjusted to go around the limb of the tree.

Miami has one of the lowest percentages of tree cover for any large metropolitan area.  Maybe we could learn something from California.

If you’d like any information about South Florida real estate or would like to talk about tree cover, you can reach me at bishopric.r@ewm.com or 305-401-8058.

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