Be still my heart! Oh, this is a heartbreaker! "1865 historic plantation home ready to restore, occupied by the original family for 3 generations...in the middle of a 128 acre ranch..." and on and on. It comes very close to being my dream house from the pictures and description. It has solid bones and gorgeous architectural features, but definitely needs some work. However (and there always seems to be one, or three), 1) it's in the Marlin area, which we already discounted as being too far away and not particularly attractive; and 2) it's listed at $390,000 which is really getting to the top, if not out of, our range (especially considering the work it would need)...but always the optimist, I wanted to see it anyway.
A good two and a half hour drive, it's past Marlin, and in an area of what might be described as "gently rolling pasture land." We turned on the farm-to-market road, searching for the property - and there it was - (here's however #3) right behind the county's power stations! That's what it looks out on; one on the same side of the road, and one across the road. (This property is still listed.)
Pros:
Great old home
Solid, with great bones
Needs work
Lots of acreage
Cons:
Too far away, in an already dismissed area
View of power stations
Too pricey
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