A mother and daughter share a special bond. Ideally, it’s a rapport of love, trust, support and mutual respect. It can wobble, but if the relationship is balanced, it can blossom into even more, like it has for Cynthia and River Ward.
Bound by a deep love of real estate, an affinity for home restoration and maybe a dab of epoxy or wood glue, the two licensed real estate professionals — agents for Keller Williams Capital District — recently completed their first home restoration, a converted stagecoach station that toes the Castleton-Schodack town line. Built in 1870, the house sat abandoned for nearly 60 years.
The two focus primarily on selling brand-new construction — and still do — but have craved a different kind of challenge. The brick farmhouse, currently on the market, was the pair’s first purchase after founding their side-hustle, From Houses to Homes, a restoration company. They paid $200,000 for the house they would strip down to the studs and get to work on right away.
They spent about nine months looking for the right house to renovate. Once they stumbled upon the Schodack property, they knew it was the one.
Built in 1870, the fully-restored brick farmhouse at 1975 S. Old Post Road, Castleton, features three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms on more than two acres of land.
For information, contact Cynthia Ward at (518) 858-5822 or [email protected].
“We were looking for a project that kind of spoke to us and this just happened to be it,” River Ward, 26, said.
“People thought we were crazy,” her mother laughed.
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