You might find this link interesting. The guy hasn't been updating on his progress, but he's got some good pictures of renovations in progress...
http://uberor.com/category/my-house/
As for waterproofing, it's essential for someone who plans to live in the house long term, but if you're renovating for sale, it's not so clear whether it would justify the expense. Case in point: my house in Centretown is about 85 years old and was extensively renovated in 2002. The guy who renovated it did a nice job on the living areas, but he didn't do anything about the water in the basement/crawlspace. I showed up for the open house and there was enough standing water under the basement stairs to sail a toy boat in. I was going to make my offer conditional on the owners paying half the cost of waterproofing, which would have run into several thousand. However, I got caught in a bidding war and ended up paying a bit more than the asking price. So there you go. It didn't make a difference in that case. The owners themselves seemed baffled that I even cared.
Bottom line is that people buy houses based on emotion more than common sense, and nobody is going to fall in love with a house because of its great drainage. For what it's worth, I did subsequently solve about 80% of the problem by installing guttering and repairing the concrete and asphalt around the foundation. Lots of work, but quite cheap and you don't have to dig down and disturb the hard packed soil around the foundation.