We needed the weight of the live oaks brought up so they wouldn't split. It took a lot of trimming.

We had at least four competing bids on almost every job, and we found everyone we used to be superior craftsmen. We think the home is significant to this town. It was good for these contractors to see this house.

They stored their luggage in here. They didn't want it to become moldy, so they would put it in here to control the humidity.

About seven years ago, we got serious about looking at South Carolina. We looked all over -- Lexington, Myrtle Beach, Newberry, Charleston and Chesterfield. About the only place we didn't look was Aiken.

We talked to a mason from Charleston and people in Columbia, but, to the person, we have used local people for all the work.

We saw it one time, and the next morning as we were flying back to Colorado Springs, we began writing up an offer.