Temple Terrace · Hillsborough County
Temple Terrace, a 1920s town on the river.
Planned in the early 1920s as a Mediterranean Revival golf-course town on the Hillsborough River, and named for the Temple orange. We design kitchens, baths and interiors that respect the houses they belong to.
Only designated houses, and only the outside.
In 2023 Temple Terrace created a historic preservation program with its own board, and designation needs the owner’s consent. A Certificate of Appropriateness applies only to designated properties, and only to permitted work that affects the exterior. The ordinance does not restrict interior remodelling that leaves the exterior as it is.
For a designated house, the city offers a property tax exemption for qualifying rehabilitation, counting interior and exterior work together. The golf course itself has been on the National Register since 2012.
Plaster, oak and stone · Material study
Per permit, against the building alone.
The city names the Hillsborough River as its flooding source and requires a permit for all development in the floodplain. It measures the work against 50% of the building’s market value, land excluded, comparing the costs of each permit application. An independent appraisal can change whether a house must be raised.
The oaks are part of the design.
On single-family lots, the city protects trees of twelve inches in diameter and grand trees of twenty-four, and removing one needs a permit. An addition’s footprint should be drawn around them from the first sketch, not discovered at permit.
The work
Drawn first. Then built.
Primary bath · Completed
Kitchen · Design
Entry · Furnishings
Primary bath · Design
Art · Furnishings
One core service, two ways to begin.
Full-Service Interior Design is our core service, for projects that need a developed design and the studio alongside you. Design Day and the Design Consultation are for decisions and direction. It all starts with a twenty-minute introductory call.
Does Temple Terrace review interior remodels on historic houses?
No. Certificates of Appropriateness apply to designated properties and only to permitted work that affects the exterior. Interior remodelling that leaves the exterior unchanged is not restricted.
Is Temple Terrace’s flood threshold 49% or 50%?
Temple Terrace uses 50% of the building’s market value, land excluded, compared per permit application.
Do I need a permit to remove a tree for an addition?
For protected trees, yes: twelve inches in diameter and larger on single-family lots, and grand trees of twenty-four inches.
Where do we start?
With a twenty-minute introductory call to understand the project. From there we recommend Full-Service Interior Design, a Design Day or a Design Consultation, whichever fits.