Sean and I plan to buy an antique houses someday and we love to look at the ones in our area that are for sale. We're focusing our search on Marblehead, Manchester and Essex, but have looked at some in Beverly and Ipswich as well. Some people have really taken care of their houses and some have not, but it's fun thinking of what renovations and restoration we'd do with homes that have that much character. Some of the highlights have been a house in Ipswich that was renovated beautifully, and had a brand new master suite on the third floor:
This one in Marblehead was a complete gut job and had a really complicated layout and no parking. Interesting though. The green house is slightly further down the street and has a good size backyard, parking and a nice layout. I'm just waiting for an open house to see the inside condition, but I can envision painting it grey with black shutters and a red door, then hanging a giant American flag above the front door.
There are lots more we're keeping our eyes out, we're just waiting for prices to fall even more!
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