Marc Blucas spoke about renovating the 18th century home where Dayle Gaddon died

Marc Blucas, son-in-law of the late model Dayle Haddon, once spoke passionately about renovating the Pennsylvania home where Haddon would later die of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at age 76.

In one resurrected interview from 2016 with the Hallmark Channel, the actor — who is married to Dayle’s daughter, Ryan Haddon — spoke in detail about the home, revealing that he and his wife, 53, bought the property in part to “be closer to family.”

“It’s pretty amazing,” Blucas, 52, said of the house, which was built in 1711. “And it’s a way to stay creatively stimulated when I’m not out filming and working.”

He then shared that a big motivator for moving to the East Coast was his love of DIY projects and old structures. “I think — like most DIYers — you like to work with your hands, you know? (And) it’s the only part of the United States that has that kind of architecture with old stone barns and old stone houses. So I know these would be projects for life.”

Blucas, best known for playing Riley Finn in Season 4 of the cult favorite show Buffy the Vampire Slayeralso wrote about his passion project in depth Instagram posts from 2021. At the time, he said he had obtained his contractor’s license and was working on other properties.

“When we moved to Pennsylvania 10 years ago, my wife took a giant leap of faith … by letting me pursue a dream of finding a historic property that I could restore for our growing family,” he wrote in the post’s caption. “That’s a really nice way of saying that I would buy – and live in – a s——-. A place I could imagine again. One that would require patience, love and effort to make it into a finished product.”

He continued: “And while I’m not sure that’s ever an achievable outcome with a 310-year-old farmhouse, we’ve created something magical along the way and hopefully shown our children the value of hard work, preserving our historic buildings and the satisfaction .it comes with learning new things and doing them yourself.”

Dayle, a former actress and supermodel, was found dead in a second-floor bedroom of her Bucks County, Pa., home on Friday, Dec. 27, after emergency responders were called to the home, according to a official police report.

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Authorities also found 76-year-old Walter Blucas passed out on the first floor of the home. He was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, where he is currently receiving treatment.

“The investigation indicates that a faulty flue and exhaust pipe on a gas heating system caused the carbon monoxide leak,” said a Dec. 28 update to the same police report. “This tragic incident serves as a stark reminder of the importance of carbon monoxide safety measures in our homes.”

A representative for Blucas did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Saturday, Dec. 28.

Blucas married Ryan in 2012. The couple split two daughtersand Ryan also shares two children with ex-husband Christian Slater.