Hi! I already have a house that we are (slowly) restoring. Now, I do love old homes and fixers, and I look at them a lot on the net. @Mickey..many people have betrayed my trust in the past. And I have trust issues. @Thunderbow..I am rather self-sufficient a little over two years ago, two of my dogs got into a knock down drag out. I jumped in even though you are not supposed to and got my arm and hand torn up a bit. I tried to NOT go to the ER, but I could not stop the bleeding and I had a pretty good gash.