[ansel12]

I don’t know about that, I lived in a wood structure on the water that was well over a 100 years old and many of the coastal apartment buildings and houses on the beach are old and wood in Southern California.

I wonder if she meant to keep it pristine? Keeping things pristine on the beach is a losing battle.

[Jeff Chandler]

She meant things like external staircases, fences, wooden trim, etc.

[Jeff Chandler]

a wood structure on the water that was well over a 100 years old

Was it on an ocean beach?