There was no Heating & Air Conditioning or electricity in the house.
When the two of us went to visit this lake house the two of us were interested in, I knew it was old, it looked like a plantation from the late 1820s. It was run down and needed a lot of work, but my fiance and I weren’t afraid of hard work; When the two of us saw the lake house was for sale, the two of us pictured it being a plantation Air BNB. when the two of us got inside; It surprised me at how small the rooms were. It would take 2 rooms to be one bedroom and a third room for a powder room… The floors were in disrepair, and the staircase needed to be reinforced. I loved the house, but there was one large flaw. There was no Heating & Air Conditioning or electricity in the house. The thought of having plumbing was daunting, but the two of us would need to tear the lake house apart to install electricity and Heating & Air Conditioning. The two of us asked when the owners had to be notified of our decision, and the realtor told us she was the owner. The lake house had been in their family for almost 150 years, however she wanted to sell it to someone who refurbishes the lake house and not tear it down for another highway. I promised her the two of us would live in the house, and it would be put to wonderful use. She gave to cut the price in half if the two of us let her stay in the Air BNB once in a while. The lake house was going to take time and currency, but it was so original, the two of us knew it was going to attract attention. One year to the day of our signing the contract, the labor was done, and the two of us were welcoming our first guests. Our realtor brought her entire family to The Plantation… Everyone but her was a paying guest.