There was once a place, with incredible grace, which needed a facelift or two. The work is half-done, but sure will be done, in 6 months, a year or two

The old Abode took a beating, from not being lived in. Some of the walls were peeling, from the leakage within.

5 years is a long time, for the soul of a house, to be deprived of companions, except that of a mouse.