They bought a fixer-upper. Eight years later, they’re still restoring “Disaster Mansion.”
After $200,000 in repairs, there’s still plenty to be done.
From The Times
July 26, 2026

First-time buyers from the Bay Area won an abandoned house at a New York auction.

A couple and a dog sit on the unfinished deck of an under-construction three-story house.

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