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Sandy Tremain and her husband, Jeff, bought her 1960s Deerfield home in 2008. Back then the four-bedroom home with original pink bathrooms, galley kitchen and vintage appliances worked just fine.

Six years later, though, the Tremains felt the time was ripe to move on.

In that period, their household had grown to include three children, an au pair and a handful of pets.

"The thought of major construction was scary to say the least," said Sandy Tremain, 43, a sales manager.

But when she and Jeff Tremain, 39, began searching for houses, the sticker shock