Modern Problems

After years of drooling over photos of guardrail-free, precipitously canti­levered Chilean beach houses, you have decided to take the plunge and live the dream yourself. But before you fall in love with a pristine design filled with adrenaline-inducing fea­tures, you might want to engage your reality sensors and proactively disarm some of the code landmines that have been lovingly placed by your building official.