A very large house with a lot of work.

This is the beautiful old house we looked at last week. It's
currently split up into an apartment downstairs and one upstairs. The
amount of potential this house has is unbelievable. The amount of
work needed, overwhelming.

If we were at a different point in our lives, this would be an
absolute yes. But with two little ones and the desire for a
*somewhat* finished house within the next five years, we marked this
off the list.

It was originally built as an orphanage. It sports transom windows,
leaded glass, a fireplace in the livingroom, and five feet of water
in the basement.