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"I've never believed in the stock
market, but I've always invested in
houses because I've had the tools
and resources to do that," Eldridge
says. "If you buy a piece of property
and work on it, you're going to make
money — maybe not right away,
maybe not until 10 years later, but I
always tell myself I'm going to get
paid someday."
Every cabin redo takes around
eight to 12 weeks, sometimes with
surprise cameos like the snake that
rattled Eldridge. Luckily for him, his
wife was a picture of calm "holding
the darn thing."
Rogue reptiles aside, the crew
come across "all kinds of cool stuff "
during demos.
"We've found balls of corn cobs,
we found a whole basement of
wooden forks … love letters from
the Maine State Prison to a young
lady in Brunswick, you name it,"
recalls Eldridge, who especially likes
finding old newspapers. "We really
love to see what the price of stuff
was in the '40s and '50s. It's pretty
mind-blowing."
Besides sparking interest in DIY
home makeovers, the show has
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Tara and Patrick
Bolduc with their
granddaughter Bella
Lukeski at a house
on Ridge Road in
Lisbon that they are
fixing up to sell
