Recently, a new visitor to our house asked me about the attic. He wondered if there was space to open up that shared wall and make a loft area. That was enough of an impetuous to make me get out the ladder and unscrew the access panel.
We were a little disappointed that, after three years of speculation, we did not find any hidden treasure up there. We were equally relieved that we didn’t find any dead bodies (human or other animal). Instead, we found a space that could probably be finished into a nice reading area.
This is not a project that I would take on any time soon, but it has sparked my imagination.