The City of Atlanta has many special Historic Districts, each having it’s own set of rules.  This partiular district required the house to fit in with the neighbor hood with out “altering” the look from the street.

The first issue we found was the aluminum awnings and brick were not original, so we submitted the design below.

This was quickly rejected as we proposed to redesign the roof to match other simple craftsman homes on the street.  We were also informed that the brick had to stay even though it wan not part of the original design.

Leaving the existing roofs that were visible from the street and the brick, we submitted this second version.  This was again rejected because we wanted to paint the existing brick that absolutely did not fit in anywhere in the neighborhood.

The above final design was approved.  Of the three that were submitted, this design absolutely does not fit in with the neighbor hood.  This was and aggravating process for both us and the owners as the ordinances required a design that was the exact opposite of the intention.  We have run into similar issues in different historic districts and it always seems to be more of a challenge tan it should be.