Making the leap

Offer accepted. We are in contract.

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows us that we found a property that can be a project. Built in 1900, extensively renovated and updated in in the mid-80s, while keeping and enhancing the original details (beautiful woodwork, floors), the house is 2600 square feet on an acre and a half, with 250' feet of waterfront on a large pond fed by a river. 

The house is set up with a small apartment which has its own entrance (exterior spiral staircase) which we envisage renovating so that we have both a guest room with bathroom and the apartment. Perhaps, down the line, we'll need the apartment should one of us require live-in care. In the nearer future, perhaps we'll (gasp!) Airbnb it.

Under the previous owners it also operated as a garden center, and there are greenhouses, hoop houses, and a raised vegetable bed on the property. And -- be still, Chris's beating heart-- there's a barn with a workshop, an office (originally for the garden center) plus two garage bays and even a loft.

No, we are not planning to grow pot, hahaha. Of course Every. Single. Person we know has asked and it's currently illegal in CT. (Yeah, we checked.)  But we've been in CT 12 days and already have met two people who have expressed interest in maybe renting the greenhouses...

There I go, mentioning remote possibilities before we have any indication of whether they will actually happen! This is the paradox I face, partly the result of living with a Kite, a dreamer, when I am a Rock, pragmatic, cautious, and a little cynical. But hopefully, this Rock will learn to lighten up and fly.

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. Projects. Dreams. Ideas. Possibilities. Challenges.

Bring it on!