For eight years, while living in Charleston, South Carolina, Meredith Ebenhoeh dreamed of living on Sullivan’s Island. “In 2019, when a house became available in our price point, I was ecstatic,” she says. Although the run-down house was being sold as a teardown, Ebenhoeh saw its renovation potential and convinced her husband, Brad, to take the leap. “Its proximity to town, school, and the ocean along with the unique privacy of the lot were very appealing,” Ebenhoeh adds. They updated some to make it livable, but once their third child, Magnolia, joined twins Smith and Crosbi, they knew it was time for a major overhaul to add more square footage to accommodate their growing family.
While the house had been pieced together over the last 100-plus years, it was also…
