Great find! The price was perfect too! I'm so glad you stopped to ask that man about it so you could save it. It looks to be in excellent condition. You've put it in the perfect location, right in front of a window. Have you treadled a machine in the past? If not, you will be pleasantly surprised how relaxing it is. Once the machine and irons are oiled, cleaned, and moving freely they are so easy to treadle and I never feel like I am getting a workout (and, I am out of shape!). Treadling should be easy; if not, something needs oiled or cleaned or it just needs to be used more to get it moving freely again. (One of my machines (New Vertical Feed) is more difficult to treadle than all of the rest of them I own.) I don't know anything about a New Home so I can't help that way but if you need a manual I will bet that someone on this board can help with that.