Before & After: A Falling-Down Farmhouse Gets a Second Chance, Against All Odds

Anyone else would’ve torn it down. Not the Hardwidges.

A teardown. A write-off. Derelict. Condemned. That’s how most people would’ve described the dilapidated, mold-ridden shack outside of Sebastopol, California, that was listed for sale in February 2020. 

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Stacey McLachlan
Dwell Contributor
Stacey McLachlan is an award-winning writer and magazine editor living and working in British Columbia, Canada.