It would be cheaper to build a new house just like the original post house, then it would be to restore this one. I once owned a 4100sq/ft. home originally built in 1838, and then redone in the late 1800's to this huge Victorian mansion. Fancy wood everywhere, open Rosewood staircase, stainglass windows everywhere. But what a money pit! you could never make the people in the village happy with what ever work you did on it. They all had their own option on how to spend my money on the place. Paid $215k for it as a foreclosure, which was empty for over 5 years, and sold it 8 years later for $475k and never been happier to sell something. The headaches and lawsuits for the town and village were just too much to take. They were worried about how it looked, not that the foundation was crumbling. Made a profit, but still not worth dealing with the historic A-holes, who have no concept of restoration and its cost.
