On entering the house for the first time and so far for all subsequent visits, you find yourself muttering “Oh my golly gosh!!!!”. The place is a mess, needs a lot of work and can feel overwhelming, but then I say to myself, well it’s only a wooden box, how difficult can that be? The pictures don’t really illustrate the true horror!!!!
A good few of these pictures were taken by my brother Matt before we bought it. He was brave enough to climb up the rear stairs which were covered in animal shit, both old and new. The house also had a quite a few similar gifts waiting for us and we were told one of the previous owners didn’t like to walk their dogs so they just let them use the top floor as their toilet. Classy!!!
I think pretty much everyone who has visited the place is left a little shocked at the amount of work needed, but at the same time, they do see the potential of the place. As my friend Eric put it, “I didn’t expect it to be in such a state, but I didn’t expect it to have such potential.” Even 3.8 year old Daphne, Eric’s daughter and my goddaughter, wanted to leave!