Your hosts, Ann and Mitch are both Ohio University graduates. They met in Athens at school, married and raised 3 kids here and have 4 grand children here. Ann is a retired special education teacher and Mitch runs several local businesses. Athens Furniture, across from the city pool on East State Street and Athens Storage, a large local mini storage business are two of them. They also have 7 short term rentals, Richland avenue being one of them. Ann and Mitch give back to the community by rescuing historic houses that are down on their luck and completely re-modeling them. This might include a new roof, foundation, plumbing, wiring, heating/air, you name it. The Richland house is a historic Sears kit house that was brought in by train and constructed around 1920. Once a run down student rental, the house now shines. Along with new furniture and super comfy mattresses, it is a 5 star find that people love, just read the reviews!