Alice and Joseph Scharf say it was like walking into a time capsule. “When we moved in here, it was like it was in 1930,” recalled Alice. “There was no running water. There was no electricity,” Joseph said. But restoring this 1930s home still didn’t seem like a daunting task for the couple. “We looked at it and said - yeah, we can do that,” Joseph said. Fixing the place up would cost a decent chunk of change, but mortgage or rental payments weren’t a concern. That’s because it only costs $1 a year. The house, located on Providence Road in Towson, is part of something called Maryland’s Resident Curatorship Program. Here’s how the program works: for a dollar a year, you’re guaranteed lifetime tenancy. In exchange, you agree to restore, maintain, and share the house with the public, by allowing visitors a few times a year. #diy #restoration #oldhouselove #oldhouse #rehabilitation #rehab #cool #home #house