One day we’ll all look back on this and smile…
…each and every time the horror movie they make about what happened here is repeated on the medullary holostreamer in our nursing-podules…
I’ll give you years of neglect though 
To be honest a dollop of warning and caution is good. I’m not that invested in it, I’m just not that way, I can see both possibility and I can see risk and expense.
When Hel looks at it then that’s when the costs and buts need to come out 
Look’s like a weekend’s worth of work.
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Jackie and I have renovated a few wrecks over the years. Our first house was full of Huntsmen spiders (the Strayan sort) which are scary as fuck but aren’t dangerous (I usually bravely ran away when I saw one). However, when I pulled out the kitchen units the house was full of Redback spiders which had lived behind and under the cupboards. They were very angry, are scary as fuck and very dangerous so I bravely ran away again. After they were dealt with, and the plague of monster mice from next door the renovations were a doddle.
As long as it is not full of spiders as big as your hand that should be piss easy to fix. It just needs a huge pile of cash, hopes and dreams to be lobbed at it… 
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Rip every wall and ceiling down, rewire and sort central heating, plasterboard everywhere with new skirting board. Strip and varnish every floor.
New kitchen and new bathroom
If it’s your dream house that will see you out, then go for it
If the place is dry and no structural damage, it doesn’t have to cost a fortune, but probably will
Think Mark is being generous, I reckon an early start, and you will have it done in a day
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And maybe hire a skip
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Bake off weekend then, split into teams, 4 skips (and another 4) outside, BBQ afterwards 
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Or torch it all in the garden, good way to get to know the neighbours
If it’s stucturally sound (you need a competent structural engineer with the right experience to determine this - NOT a builder) it looks like a great, albeit long term, project.
I would have loved to take something like that on, but I have no further house moves planned. I’ll leave here in a box.
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Worried you might miss a holiday as the work starts 
I’m 67 in a few weeks Mick, I might take a permanent holiday.
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Blimey! You’re 67! 
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Thought you were a lot older…
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I’ll deal with you later 
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Having seen the pictures of the house and heard the verbal report Hel has now retreated into her zone of uncertainty, indecision and general irrelevant whatabouttary.
She will now dither until any faint possibility of actually purchasing the house disappears at which point she will reappear with all the regret and remorse…
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At which point buy her an old Porsche to cheer her up.
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Tried that 
She wanted to buy Boxster - showed her Boxster - she dithered - she went off idea
I wanted to buy Cayman - showed her Cayman - she dithered - she went off idea - ‘whatabout x or y’
I wanted to buy 911 - showed her 911 - she dithered - she went off idea - ‘whatabout x or y’
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There is your issue.
Wife I’m buying a Lexus!
“Sure babes”
Wifey I bought a mini!
“Will you fit?”
It has a supercharger!
“Yes but will you fit”
Brum brum 
“Sigh”
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Give up on the house or the SpeedyBeetles and buy yourself some amps that aren’t broken with the money you’ve saved.
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Seems like you need to man up and just buy something. It’s the way of the 'toir 
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