In a previous life I too had an Edwardian pile. A true money pit. Bought it around 1985, first marital home and we went in with our eyes open. A huge detached pile of a place but it needed absolutely everything doing. Just about covered our costs when we sold it 15 years later. Didn’t cover the thousands of hours of work...the wrong location, which is why we could afford it in the first place.
Major lesson learnt but quite the experience, and we were young enough to work 7 days a week and burn the midnight oil decorating etc
If we’d known at the time we wouldn’t have touched it with a barge pole and instead bought a nice stone terrace in Ilkley. You live & learn.
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