10/19/2026
This house was listed for $146,900.
In 1995. It sold for 140,700.
My dad—Ed Charlesworth built it. I remember him taking me to Sherwood to show me the lot and asking if I thought he should build there.
There were 100s of lots. It looked like a risky proposition to me at the time.
I asked him today how many he built in total. He said 18.
His memory is going. He has dementia.
Mom said he built over 20. I remember that being the number.
He quit the restaurant business and became a builder. He loved building.
He built them all himself. I’m proud of him and the work that he did.
I tried to talk him into building with a team once. He would not do it.
I told him today that his work and life has touched a lot of families. Again I’m proud of him.
I’m a top producing real estate agent and investor—looking back, I should have bought every house he built.
Online estimates say this hose is worth $500,00 today. I would probably price it higher and sell it if I was asked to list it.
If I had bought 20 houses at this price like this they would be worth over 7 million.
I can’t live in 200 house, so they would have paid me in rental income.
Still afraid to buy a house? To invest?
What I got out of those 20 houses was way more than that. I got a dad that was proud of what he did.
He built these houses with love and care.
I got a wonderful example of a man for a dad.
He supported himself doing work that he loved.
Sometimes hiring friends to do it with him .
Now he is at home and has just entered hospice on a home that he built for him and his wife Patsy.
He will live and die in a home that he built with love for he and the woman he loved.
I love you dad. Thank you.
