Welcome back to the story... We talked a lot about this property. Tad and I have experience in building and remodeling. We knew this would be a huge undertaking. In our initial walk through the house, it was pretty dismal. Aside from the desperate cosmetic changes needed, there was scary stuff. The main bearing wall was rotted out (though we didn’t really know the real extent of the damage until we started tearing the wall out.) The bathtub was in real danger of falling into the cellar. The front wall of the house had rotted where the windows had leaked for years. There was a huge hole in the drain pipe of the kitchen sink. On and on. We wondered how was it possible that a young family with four small kids had lived here for 9 years? We took about a month to think about the house. We figured if it sold before we made up our minds, then it wasn’t meant to be. We were excited by all the possibilities, but also very aware of how much work it would be. We decided to make an offer. Kn...
