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There is "love at first sight" and there is "horror at first sight." These owners had both! The home was advertised as "Mt Vernon meets Amityville Horror," yet they did not let that or rotted columns stop them.
They had a vision.
Although the house had not been lived in for years, they could see through to the other side helped along by symmetry and space. This 1931 Dutch colonial called their names and when their furniture fit perfectly in the home they knew it was their destiny. The sun shining through windows on three sides of the house reduced their doubts even more.
The owners learned the ways of painters and contractors. Ceiling lights, window pulls, and knobs were lovingly saved and refurbished. The original wood work was burnished and restored room by room and now it calls and winks as you walk through.
The home now a love story to the period with a gambrel roof, gable and shed dormers, and a porch with a hipped roof. The beautiful window treatments and wallpaper seal the deal. Kathy and George now have lived in this home as long as either has lived anywhere else.
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