I believe, for the most part, that the property is quite fit structurally and it largely warrants no more than a truly thorough scrubbing. The benefit, I suppose, of stone. Mr. Ellis and myself [mostly the former] have been going through in stages. But the former occupant had very little interest in either neatness or fashionable appointments and there are a series of minor repairs - broken latches, old floorboards, signs of rot in the stair rail, and so on - which I believe would be in good taste to resolve prior to opening to place to any sort of public. Here. I have marked the sum out of these lines with the items of highest priority leading. It might be taken in stages, and I believe I might find volunteers for most of the labor if it were to be made a somewhat legitimate project.

[Taken altogether, it is not an inconsequential sum. The administrative fees - and by the Maker, how can anyone afford the inheriting of property - make up the highest allotment.]