Hand to heart, “Wow, look at that leaded glass”.

This is when I fell in love with 112 High St.

On a whim I had looked on zillow.com to see what was available in Newburyport.  For years it has been my dream to live there.  On our last visit we had dubbed it “Nantucket on the mainland”.

A couple of days later we decided to spend Saturday visiting the area- a much needed February mini-vaca.  My sweetie said, “hey how about I call to view that house we saw online, why not?”.  Robin, the real estate agent warned us, it needs a LOT of work.

She was right.  But it has lovely bones.  Ten foot ceilings, crown moulding, lots of fireplaces, a great layout with potential to update without changing too much.  And a dumbwaiter! I was imagining the servants, cooking at the wood stove in the basement “summer kitchen” so they didn’t heat the house, and sending the food up to be served in the 1st floor dining room. Who were they, what were their lives like?  Andie will love it.  I hope.

After some more research and the enthusiastic nod from our real estate agent we took the plunge and made an offer.  So very excited at the thought of this becoming our home.