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Originally Posted by dculkin
There is often a way around those rules. In my town, any owner in the historic district who is denied a demolition permit can then put the property up for sale. If the property doesn't sell within a year, then the owner can demolish the supposedly historic building. The trick might be trying to prove to the town that the owner made a good faith effort to sell the property.
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It depends. In my area the historic district has some very wealthy people living in it. For example one is an attorney that worked closely with the Bush administration.
We have looked at stuff in that area of town and it would simply be to costly to fight the court battle for an unkown outcome. They can and would tie you up for years and your margin would be eaten up by legal fees. In working class areas you can usualy push things through for pretty reasonable legal fee's, so concentrate on them. Someone who is making $40k a year with a family cannot afford to fight a court battle to the tune of $20k, to keep the neighbors house from getting turned into condo's, but an attorney making mid seven figures most certainly would.