Bought the farm

So we closed on the farm about a month ago (made one payment so far). Nothing about it is ours yet except the responsibility. The guy we bought it from will live there for at least a year and keep it heated while we still live in Arabia. The bank owns the actual property. So, as I say, the only thing about it that's ours is the responsibility. We intend to hire a carpenter to take care of a couple of initial repairs that are much needed: The front porch is crumbling to dust; a garage has immediate roof repair needs, and half of the house should be reroofed. Another urgent need is to replace the electrical service coming into the place. Whether that will require rewiring inside, I don't know.
In the meantime, we plan this summer to paint the barn when we are home, and I've begun researching what we can do to heat and cool the house with either passive or other alternative means.