For the iconic stilt homes of the Florida Keys, perched on concrete columns rising 12 feet or more above the ground, Hurricane Irma and its powerful storm surge was the ultimate test. Most of the ...

PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Patty Deremer was one of the first people to see a piece of Pasco County history burning away to ash. “We just sat here and had a few beers and watched it burn,” she said from the ...

A just-finished waterfront vacation retreat in Longboat Key, Fla. has a contemporary style, is energy efficient and sits on 14-foot-tall stilts, putting its living area 17 feet above sea level. In the ...

Greg Lake patted the south wall of the newly rebuilt Lake family stilt home. His blue shirt with bright yellow ‘NAVY’ letters shown vividly against the new paint. “It definitely is awesome to have ...

Stilt houses are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Dating back to the Neolithic and the Bronze Ages, a wide variety of raised dwellings have been identified in a ...

Beachfront homes that offer instant access to white sand and a crystal-clear ocean are a rare find—but even rarer is a dwelling that sits directly atop that beachfront, mere feet away from the water.

Beachfront homes that offer instant access to white sand and a crystal-clear ocean are a rare find—but even rarer is a dwelling that sits directly atop that beachfront, mere feet away from the water.