The House That Got Away

Yesterday we toured a house that we’ve had our eyes on for years. The only problem? It’s already sold.

It’s a decently-sized white clapboard house just down the road from ours that was probably built sometime in the 20’s. It has all the original character still intact with what appears to be very little updates made over the years (which happens to be our favorite because then we can make all the updates/changes we want). It has 10 ft ceilings and big, thick moulding all throughout, not to mention a ginormous back yard. In short: It was stunning.

PJ has approached the man who owns it for years asking if he’d be interested in selling, and every time he did, the man would always tell PJ no, he wasn’t going to sell it any time soon. Which is why it came as such a shock to us when we were driving down the street and saw a big sign that read “ESTATE SALE” in front of the house. What! It already sold?! When? To whom?

Not that we’re technically in the market to buy it, as we’re focusing all our attention on the farm at the moment, but still. It kind of weirdly stung. Regardless, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to finally see inside it (and see if they had any goodies to bring home).

We took the kids on over and walked around all the large rooms, and while we were taking the quick tour, I was imagining everything we could have done to it. Moved this door here to make a primary ensuite. Make this room the TV room while making this other room the formal living room. Expand the kitchen with an addition. Keep the original blue tile in the downstairs bathroom because it’s so charming.

So many possibilities!