Your place sounds amazing! 16 years ago my sister bought an old church retreatin the western NC mountains outside of Black Mountain. Has an amazing porch & windows. She truly got a steal. Haven’t seen it in 15 years as she has cut our family out of her & my nephew’s life.
Good luck on your place!
Thanks for your encouraging words:)
We looked at buying a church-when I walked up to the door I was sold. It was lovely, like an old church out of a Jane Austin novel. Then I went inside. The owner had ruined it. It’s hard to describe, but we figured it would have cost a minimum of $20,000 just to get it gutted and back to square one. Plus, the basement was floor to ceiling mold. Our oldest has asthma and allergies-it would have killed him to spend any time there.
While less exciting, our home was a better project. Slowly it’s transforming from a grungy utilitarian box to something with some beauty and character (I hope!).
Sorry to hear about your sister-sadly it’s not uncommon.