1996: Undoing the ravages of time and even use as a chicken house, we replaced the roof and entire main floor, the plumbing, electrics, fireplace and chimney and baseboard heaters. With the advice of one of Canada’s leading restoration architects, two dormer windows and a board-and-batten addition were added as well as a complete drainage system with comprehensive landscaping (moving, and adding, trees and shrubs, regrading and hydroseeding the three acre lawns, building an outdoor patio and pond with a waterfall, finishing with cedar post and rail fencing.)