Everyone looks back with rose-tinted spectacles, and think that if I got back involved it would all be rosy again. That's not the case.

But check that you're not looking at the place through rose-tinted spectacles. An unusual property could need an unusual level of care: old schoolhouses, for instance, might have huge windows, or old churches could have valuable glass that needs maintaining.

Lately, a study has suggested that depressed people have a more accurate view of reality, though this accuracy is not worth a bean because it is depressing, and depressed people live shorter lives. Optimists and believers are happier and healthier in their unreal worlds.

What a pair of spectacles is here!

This place looks like hell,

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.