As you can see by this outside “before” pic, we had our hands full when we bought this house. It was truly on its very last legs! The leaky roof was rapidly destroying this house, with several collapsed ceilings to be dealt with. Even the stairwell hallway had collapsed, due to plumbing leaks. Some of the stained glass windows had been stolen and plywooded over, and had to be replaced, although there were some beautiful etched glass transom windows that remained. It was scary when we first moved in – there were some squirells and – yuk – some bats living upstairs! (And we even thought we heard some ghosts for a while.) But we fell in love with the architecture and the features – like the built-ins, pocket doors, original chandeliers, and the basic structure itself. (We loved the turret) There are 2 fireplaces, and a front and back stairway. And the price was right (56K) They don’t make houses like this anymore! So we dug in and started tackling this huge project…