Bringing a Distressed Southwest Virginia House Back to Market in 3 Weeks. For more than two years, this little Southwest Virginia house sat still. It stood through neglect, hard seasons, and the kind of visible wear that makes people assume a property is too far gone to fool with. The kitchen floor was completely rotted out. The house was distressed. It had been sitting long enough that many people would have passed it by and never looked back. Three weeks later, it was back on the market. Would we have loved to do more? Absolutely. When you care about the work, you always see more...