Church made into a home...

At least your neighbors are quiet     
A couple purchased an old church in Kyloe, Northumberland, in PA.   

They invested a lot of money on the interior, but the exterior remained almost completely intact.
They did more of a restoration, rather than a renovation.

If they had not purchased the old church, who knows what would have happened to it, as it was in very bad shape. 
The couple however, adapted the interior, while leaving the outside unchanged.