We bought a ...... renovator

Tomorrow we settle. Hubby and I bought a renovator. What are we thinking? As if life isn't hectic enough we thought we'd up the ante and buy an old queenslander in desperate need of some TLC and a hell of alot of elbow grease. The Big word here is POTENTIAL! The house has a lot, if you can get past the trees, the mould, holes in the walls, water leaks, rusted roof, condemned stairs, no sewerage (its on septic), dodgy wiring, hmm and thats just the start. The first time i saw the house, was for my hubby. I wasn't keen from what i'd seen of the pictures on real estate.com but he had convinced me to just have a look as it was in our budget and we had seen and dismissed all the others in our price range. As i walked around the front of the house i almost stumbled into a pond. What the hell was that doing there? It is overgrown and surrounded by trees, you can't even see it exists. I later found 2 more ponds in the back yard. As i gingerly climbed the stairs to the house and relieved i made it to the top without them falling away behind me (like Tom Hanks in the Money pit) i was excited as to how big the space was upstairs. FINALLY! A house that may store all my big furntiure and cluttered mess we've been hoarding for years. See i knew we'd be able to house all our stuff one day. I could immediately see our things here, where i would put everything and everyone. Downstairs used to be an art gallery once. There is a built in bar. Enough said, we were sold. I could look past all the work (what would i know about actually working on a house. Can't be that hard, right? We'll just hire people to do the things we can't manage) and see the.....potential. Hubby took a little more convincing. We looked at a lot of other homes, but nothing was as big as our little Money pit. Well we bought it and tomorrow we get the keys. We have roofers coming in a week, electricians, plumbers and tree-loppers all lined up for the following few weeks and the floor sanders acquired. Hubby is in the process of finding stair stringers, as that's kinda important, considering we have to transport all said big furniture UPSTAIRS! Did i mention that we both work full time, and hubby is studying, and he has exams this month? But we'll be right. Can't be THAT hard......right?