Pennsylvania couple accidentally bought an 1830s house for $460,000; 5 years and $300,000 later, it is 85% complete

In 2020, a Pennsylvania couple accidentally won an abandoned 1830s stone house at auction for $460,000; five years and more than $300,000 in renovations later, the five-acre property is about 85% complete/Image: SYMMETRY CO. PHOTOGRAPHY ​ A Pennsylvania couple looking for a new home where they could raise their growing family ended up buying an abandoned 1830s stone house at auction for $460,000 in 2020.Tyler and Lauren Bouldin, both 36, had originally been looking for a more rural home where they could raise their growing family. After losing several properties in a competitive housing market, the couple began looking for less conventional ways to find a home that fit their needs.That search led them to a five-acre property they called “The Forge”, which Tyler discovered while browsing Zillow, an online real-estate platform.The stone house, surrounded by trees and sitting at the base of a mountain, had the setting the couple wanted. But it also needed extensive work. They toured it twice before the auction and knew they were looking at a major renovation.“We started to realize that we couldn’t afford to buy what we wanted if we didn’t start getting creative,” the couple told PEOPL...