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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a similar house nearby and went on the market last year: the Baltzley castle.

[b]The cost over-runs were enormous for the developer and caused the couple to get divorced[/b]. But the resulting product was incredible.

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That is so sad, they looked so happy together in the original article.[/quote]

What a stupid reason to separate.[/quote]

There are many couples who divorce during a major renovation of a house or building one! My parents knew a few.[/quote]

What makes renovating and building homes so stressful? Local builder Jim Gibson just took his own life.  :( [/quote]

He was a depressed older white male and fell into a statistic of suicide at that age. His suicide had nothing to do with his chosen profession.  [/quote]

I have my doubts about your take, PP. Money in housing is made by being cynical and taking advantage of what buyer's don't know. People who get romantically involved with interesting houses have some of the biggest trouble seeing housing that cynical way. The tension here is enormous. The Baltzley Castle folks were clearly living for big dreams and not doing a hard-edged flip, the kind of house that makes $$$. I don't know the Gibson case all that well, but as  builder with a reputation for quality, I would not be surprised if his work with homes caused him some strain.[/quote]

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