Woman Buys an Abandoned Lighthouse for $71,000 and Spends Over $300,000 Making it a Home
Sheila Consaul, a 65-year-old communications consultant, embarked on an extraordinary journey when she purchased the Fairport Harbor West Lighthouse in Ohio for $71,000 in 2011. Intrigued by the U.S. government’s auctions of historic lighthouses, Consaul, who had previously ...
The 30-Year-Old Betsy Sweeny Paid $16,500 For an Old Abandoned House and Completely Transformed It
Betsy Sweeny, at the age of 30, embarked on an extraordinary journey of restoration and transformation, turning a cheap and neglected piece of history into a vibrant home. In 2019, after resigning from her job to focus on the restoration of historic buildings at the Wheeling National ...
