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THE BRANDON SUN • YOUR HOME YOUR WAY • THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022
Classic homes need a little extra TLC BY DREW MAY The exterior of Cam and Carolyn Davie’s home at 314–12 th Street in Brandon. The beautiful 120 year old home also serves as the Dragonfly Destination and Designs Bed and Breakfast. (Photos by Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
In addition to clearing out the backyard, Davie said they also had to fix the knob and tube wiring in much of the house. While the structure was first built around 1902, there were large additions made in 1934. The couple also refinished the wood floors, which Davie said date back 120 years in some parts of the house. “Although this is not a her- itage property, we have done our best to maintain the quali- ties of the house that keep it as a character home,” he said. “We’ve tried to restore it back to what it would have looked like and at the same time upgrading the wiring, the windows and everything else,” he said, adding they have also redone the insulation in many walls. » Continued on Page 13
Living in a century-old house in the Wheat City can be a “labour of love,” but is also very satisfying, says a Bran- donite who lives in a house that is at least 120 years old. Cam Davie and his wife, Carolyn, own Dragonfly Des- tination and Designs, a bed and breakfast they run out of their 12th Street home. They moved into the house around 2007 and opened the bed and breakfast in 2021, he said. The building dates back to at least 1902, when it started showing up in electoral records. The house “struck a chord” with the couple, Davie said, and they always loved “older character homes.” “We had seen a picture of this one and we kind of liked the look of it, but we couldn’t
Cam Davie in the beautifully decorated home he shares with wife Carolyn.
find it on any of the [Multiple Listing Service] listings,” he said. “We knew it had to be lo- cated in the downtown core of Brandon. In desperation my wife and I drove up and down the streets… and then one day we just turned the corner from
Lorne onto 12th and stopped in our tracks and said ‘That’s the house.” When the couple moved in they found there had been some neglect and the back- yard was so overgrown Davie described it as a “mini-ecosys- tem.”
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