KINGSTON — City council rescinded the heritage designation on a Highway 38 house after its owner said her home insurance would skyrocket. Article content

Homeowner Kerri Shea, whose 165-year-old Davidson Farmhouse received a heritage designation last year , asked for the designation to be lifted after trying to renew her home insurance. Article content

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“I’ve heard many times designations should not affect insurance premiums. However, this is not true,” Shea told council Tuesday night. “Heritage designation absolutely increases insurance costs, especially for rural homeowners like myself.

“My home insurance is now unaffordable, which leaves me no choice but to come up with a way to make the impossible possible,” Shea said. “I’ve lived in my home f

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