Daniel Woods and Megan Clarke had renovated enough homes over the last six years to know that every house came with a few surprises. A crooked floorboard here, a finicky outlet there, nothing they couldn’t handle. So when they toured the old two-story colonial on Maple Ridge Lane, they didn’t panic at the peeling paint or the outdated kitchen.
Those were surface-level issues. Easy. In fact, they loved the place. It had charm baked into the bones, stained-glass windows that caught the afternoon sun just right, a wraparound porch perfect for coffee mornings, and a cozy fireplace that Megan immediately imagined decorating for Christmas. The house felt lived-in, not neglected.