But once you step inside, its like visiting a Renaissance palace.
The doors are thick and hand-carved.
Windows are covered with stained-glass purchased from old English churches.
When she bought it, the house was an ordinary suburban home.
The owner built it with just basic materials in a very, very sturdy way.
So she started renovating and somewhere along the way it went a bit overboard.
But she left the outside as drab as possible so as not to attract the tax men.
