Unreasonable Construction Laws in Hawaii

[sistersue]

I'm still pretty po-ed that the "building department" made me build one big house instead of two small houses. However I am glad I had to get hurricane straps and I'm glad now that they tortured me for months over how I wanted to build my porch. The house and porch seem stronger because of their "rules." But I'll always be angry that I couldn't build my house(s) the way I really wanted to.