The tree stands guard ...

My daughter and her husband, who live in NY State, searched for a long time to find a small house that they could refurbish and have as an investment. They finally found this gem (barely 20 minutes from where I live) and fell in love with the ENORMOUS tree standing guard over the property before they even looked inside. Maybe that was a good thing since the house needed everything ... new wiring, heating, plumbing etc.

The house was built approximately 100 years ago and as is often the case in Southern homes of this era there was not a basement nor a crawl space. The challenge was enormous because there wasn’t a straight line anywhere and all the rooms were out of sync; but, they had a professional house lifter come in and when the building was off the ground they were able to dig out a crawl space. That was phase #1.

The rest of the refurbishing was accomplished with their sweat equity but it’s taken 6 years. They would visit for a month or two and do as much as they could but would have to get back to NY to keep their business going. Now it’s finally completed…

and they’ve rented the house to a lovely young woman and her son. I feel sure they will be very happy there and will feel safe… with the guardian tree watching over them !