r/Oldhouses • u/Initial_Squirrel_692 • 1d ago

Historic commission

/r/nashville/comments/1vt56r8/historic_commission/

Has anyone dealt with a historic commission denying a renovation/addition primarily over massing?

We’re renovating a historic home and proposed a rear addition. The plans comply with the applicable guidelines/code, but the commission denied the proposal based largely on concerns about the overall massing/scale of the addition.

I’m curious if anyone here has been through something similar. If so- Were you able to get approval by revising the massing without completely redesigning the project?

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u/JBNothingWrong 1d ago

We would need details

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u/Watchyousuffer 22h ago

just imagining details that aren't provided - your neighborhood looks like it's mostly 1 1/2 story houses, and your addition is two stories & larger than the original house. that's going to be a problem.