Difficult Plot and Monument - §34

I would talk to the mayor and would cautiously call my lawyer at the head of the monument office

I can't understand that either. In today's times. From the outside it's understandable. Every village can use such small historic magnets. But what is supposed to be preserved inside now for posterity???

I have to admit, I feared something like that and know of similar cases. Focus on the main house and see what is possible there. By the time that is finished, the management at the heritage office may have changed and someone will be found to talk to.

Sometimes you wonder if they are rolling asbestos joints in their ivory tower.

You really seem to know monument protection offices poorly. I also had my fun with them – among other things with normal (no pattern or ornament) reddish-brown tiles, about 15x15cm. They are original, they must be preserved. Because of that, the underfloor heating in that room was ruined and a ceiling heating had to be installed... just unfortunate, with physics and warm air and all that... (no, don't be annoyed, the house is finished :-) )

How much I would like to send this post as a reply to the monument authority. Made my day! Possibly afterwards, constructive work with them would no longer run quite so smoothly.

That’s why I’m saying, the lawyer should call the top boss. "Proportionality" is quite a powerful magic word, because at this point the figure skating of bureaucratic red tape has its limits. For example,

You really seem to know historic preservation offices poorly. I also had my fun there – among other things with normal (no patterns or ornaments) reddish-brown tiles, about 15x15 cm. They are original, they have to be preserved. That meant the underfloor heating in that room was useless and a ceiling heating had to be installed... only stupid with physics and warm air and all that... (no, don’t get upset, the house is finished)

is probably the most absurd nonsense – also because ceiling heating didn’t exist in the original year of construction – but in the balancing act of "preserving the original tiles" vs. "technically renovating into the modern age" proportionality remains a matter of opinion. On the other hand,

I can’t understand that either. In today’s times. Outside it’s comprehensible. Every village can use such small historic magnets. But what is supposed to be preserved inside now for posterity???

the preservation of the interior of the house for posterity is only demanded to the property owner because there is no donor to finance the dismantling and rebuilding in the open-air museum by saying "then you just play museum on your property," that goes beyond tolerable foolishness. I dare to doubt that precisely the pre-Mopf version of the original Niederfinsdorf dwarf-cottage floor plan illustrates a cultural-historical turning point that must be presented to the inquisitive Martian upon his landing on Terra. If it does, the Ministry of Culture should loosen fund resources at the UN to lease this outbuilding for this purpose. But simply forbidding the wall between the sewing room and the snuff chamber from being relocated without such cultural uses is arbitrariness and close to expropriation. Not all who are crazy are Romans.

should call the top boss

I even had a conference call with the top boss, both from the municipal monument office and the state monument authority. But it was about "original single-pane windows vs. energy-efficient renovation." The final explanation was: "It's not about the appearance but about preserving the originality." When asked, if the old windows were "gone," they (almost) didn't care whether the new ones were cheap plastic windows or wooden windows designed like back then. The tiles were the icing on the cake because the heating calculation and all legal requirements demanded a heater in the hallway. Only the tiles were not allowed to be touched. If I were to renovate a monument again, I would probably go through the house once with a sledgehammer before the inspection with the monument office. Or urge the junk remover to be extraordinarily careless. I believe this is the basic knowledge that contractors specializing in monuments have, but the layman who is doing it for the first time lacks.

If I wanted to renovate a monument again, I would probably go through the house once with a sledgehammer before the inspection with the monument office. Or warn the clean-up crew against being too cautious. I believe that is the basic knowledge that property developers specialized in monuments have and that amateurs who are doing this for the first time lack.

Among contractors, they say "Let it slide," which means that regarding the assessment of whether a building structure is worth preserving, dry rot effectively ranks higher in the hierarchy than the state conservator. There is a point somewhere where even a President Donald the First could no longer ignore the vote of reality.