FOR ANDREW TERRAT AND MICHAEL DECARLO, houses aren’t merely loved: They are adored. Every inch of each North Shore home they have owned and rehabbed has been spoiled with lavish attention.
The couple thought their last renovation, a sweet home in Lynnfield, would be their landing place. But several years ago, they confronted the itch: a neglected house that the men thought would be a great project to flip—the broker called it a “doozie” that inspired a