In 2007, with son Carmen on the way, Michael and Lisa found the house they had spent years looking for. They purchased a small bayside cottage, built in 1954, just as it was coming on the market. Though it had an inviting Bahamas blue, amoeba-shaped pool in the small backyard and a view of the bay, the inside needed work. A lot of work.
"We gutted both bathrooms," Michael said.
"One bathroom had pink fixtures from the '70s and the other one had brown...
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