The illusion gets some help from heavy-duty looking stilts and planks ... The property also offers two “kit houses” near the deck area for extra space and privacy to work.

Squeaking in just before the calendar flips is this unlikely development: a fashion for stilted homes. Why stilted? Whatever their actual environmental benefit might be, stilts express a culture ...

Residents told Newsday the fear of another big storm has led them to invest in putting their homes on stilts. "The hurricane before - Irene - it came up to our door so we decided to elevate the ...