The interesting features of this house include handmade doors in the basement, including wooden hinges.
They look very nice on one side, but quite rough and rustic on the other, because the craftsman used long nails, pounded them in, and then "clinched" (bent over) the projecting points on the back side.
I've seen that technique used before, within the heels of old shoes. Those doors aren't coming apart anytime soon.
There are other signs that the house was previously inhabited by a woodworker. There's a room in the basement that has enough outlets for a decent number of power tools and a special vent for a dust collection system.
There are also many jar lids attached overhead, for someone's one-time convenient storage of small hardware items.
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As to the size of this house, it is a bit smaller than the previous house, and must be under 2000 square feet. The previous house had a somewhat ridiculous amount of space devoted to living rooms. This one is generous in terms of bedroom space, but tight elsewhere, most severely in the entry and eating spaces.
A relative told us that their family's solution to the entry problem growing up was to set up a coatroom in the basement, and to march the entire family straight down to it when they came home. I've started setting up something along those lines, but so far it isn't much more than a pile of boots that have been thrown to the bottom of the stairs.
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